I haven't spoken directly with him, no, but I did have a long heart to heart with Pers Muskiet Raker, the pony directly below him. The original owner of Hoovesweek.

The pony whom he's more or less extorted into working for him under threat of poverty. The boss and mother figure to the other ponies he's extorted with similar 'promises'.

I'm not particularly inclined to know what his problem with the newponies and their sympathizers is, given how he treats someone who has lived in Equestria all her life and poured her heart and soul into a periodical that once long ago had some modicum of self-respect.