OwlyTimes
James Chen

James Chen

James Chen — Editor-in-Chief at OwlyTimes, which he founded in 2025 with a small team of editors. Reports on markets with a CPA's suspicion and a reporter's notebook. Came to the project after seven years on a regional business desk in Chicago, where he learned to read footnotes before press releases. Numbers tell stories; he edits the stories so they tell the truth.

1488 articles published

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Pier Six: KFE & Finn Group Signal Baltimore Music's Shift

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CSU Chancellor's ETS Role: $107K Raises Stakes

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Bull City Records Closure: $2.1M Impact & Retail Signal

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Austin Home Biz Rules: $1.2M Revenue Impact Signal

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NY's FAIR Act: Analysis of $2.1B Impact & Enforcement Shift

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SKYPAC’s $16.8M Impact: Arts Funding’s Economic StakesFinance

SKYPAC’s $16.8M Impact: Arts Funding’s Economic Stakes

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