About Ed Zwirn

Ed Zwirn is a journalist/editorial professional with a focus on financial trends and practices. He lives out in the woods in Bethel, NY, not far from where the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival was held in 1969. As a financial writer, his work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, CFO Magazine and news services including Dow Jones Newswires and Informa Global Markets. Ed also spent three years in Ukraine, where he ran an English-language news service. He now divides his time between his freelance journalism, song and poetry writing, and barbequing and lawn-mowing on his 2.5 acre property.

A Very Crowded Trade

Kanye :The editors of the Sunday New York Post made Business Page history on April 24 by harnessing the combined star power of Ed Zwirn and Kanye West to dominate the weekend business news cycle.

By Ed Zwirn

Entrepreneurs across the country will soon have to dream a little bigger.

US regulators will soon allow them to compete with more established players — like hip-hop star Kanye West — for crowdsourced investors.

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Freedom of Speech Is A Laughing Matter

On Aug. 4 we marked the anniversary of the death of comedian Lenny Bruce by putting The Bruce Act, a representational work of original art by Judith Carlson-DeAngelo, up for auction. Please check out our auction, which will go to benefit Entertainment Pus Creations, an independent collective of artists, musicians and writers, and the Lenny Bruce Memorial Foundation.

Also check out the Aug. 4 post in which we announced the auction and spoke to Lenny’s daughter, Kitty Bruce, a longtime friend of the artist.