ANTIC Interview 59 - Jon Greer, Business Reporter
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Jon Greer, Business Reporter
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\\nIn this interview, we\\u2019ll hear the perspective of an Atari outsider \\u2014 a newspaper reporter who covered Atari. Jon Greer was a business reporter for the San Jose Mercury News newspaper from 1981 to 1986, and business reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1986 to 1988. As part of his beat, he covered Atari; Chuck E. Cheese; and Catalyst Technologies, Nolan Bushnell\\u2019s incubator.
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\\nThis interview took place April 17, 2015.
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\\nTeaser quotes:
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\\n\\u201cAtari was transforming the valley from Dull Engineer Valley to exciting consumer electronics valley.\\u201d
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\\n\\u201cI think Jack [Tramiel] had...a very undeserved bad reputation...He was one of the few guys \\u2014 if anybody, maybe the only one - who knew how to take over this business.\\u201d
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