Can Gannett turn around it's decreasing revenue, compressing margins, falling return on capital, and dropping stock price? An analysis of Gannett, the largest newspaper publisher in the U.S.

Warren Buffett ranks number one on Directorship magazine's new list of the most admired board directors. Its Annual Survey of Exceptional Directors is compiled using "data from proxy firms, reader polls and governance experts."

Margin of safety review

Geoff Gannon explains when you should and when you shouldn't invest based on news of Berkshire Hathaway's activities in specific stocks. This is a great article that all Warren Buffett fans should read. (Not to mention, it also recommends Value Investing News and Fat Pitch Financials.)

Excerpt: "There's no need to reinvent the wheel. Buffett, the smartest investor ever, has done a lot of work for us when he buys a position and then discloses his holdings. Studying in the footsteps of the master and his disciples, but using that as a starting point for your own research, will end up being a very lucrative practice."

Geoff Gannon refutes incomplete arguments made by both Barry Ritholtz and Ken Fisher against following the investing of Kerkorian and Buffet and does it in a Paul Harvey sort of way, now you know "the rest of the story."

GuruFocus has added Tom Gayner of Markel (MKL) to its list of Gurus. According to GuruFocus, his top positions include Fairfax Financial (FFH) , CarMax (KMX) , and Berkshire. Some have suggested Gayner as a possible Berkshire CIO candidate. But, it seems almost every great investor has been mentioned in the press.

Max Olsen attempts to "reverse engineer" Berkshire's 1973 investment in the Washington Post Company.