Far Eastern Economic Review: death by a thousand cuts

This week just gone by dozens of people who used to work for the Far Eastern Economic Review flew into town. They came in from all over the world. Why? For a belated wake for what was once a great magazine.
It was. Best one on the block. During the 1980s, the FEER was a must-read.
Then Dow Jones turned its minority share into full ownership. He who pays the piper, plays the tune. The tune became less and less interesting. Fewer and fewer people wanted to hear.
Fast forward: Dow Jones announces death of the weekly in October 2004. A day or so later, the South China Morning Post publishes a long article by Philip Bowring. Bowring -- who started working for FEER in 1973 and was its editor from 1987 until 1992, was understandably sad and angry. There is a naming of names, the whole kit and caboodle.
The piece later shows up in the International Herald Tribune. Without naming so many names. Perhaps the Trib's lawyers took fright?
Whatever, Bowring's original J'accuse is here.
Publish and be damned!