Dual-Class Shares: From Google to Alibaba, Is It a Troubling Trend for Investors?
Example 2: Alibaba
Google, Groupon, Facebook, and other tech companies preferring such a structure. Before dual-class shares became all the rage with technology companies, they were quite prominent at media companies such as the New York Times, Washington Post, and News Corp. The argument was that the dual-class structure helped these media companies keep their journalistic integrity.