# Which private companies are the best?

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Podcast: [Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/down-in-alabama-with-ike-morgan-989921)
Published: 2026-08-18T09:38:00+00:00
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## Resource

Time Magazine ranked the top 100 privately owned companies, not just by size and profit but also by how good an employer and neighbor they are. Alabama landed four on the list. We also have how Alabama and Auburn fared in the AP preseason football poll, and we have the death of a man who was in the newspaper business for half a century. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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