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There Will Be No Bailout for Old Media

Started by TLF · 8 months ago

I’m fond of quoting Diane Mermigas, editor-at-large at MediaPost, who is one of the finest media market watchers in the journalism business today. Her latest MediaPost column offers another sobering look at the radical changing sweeping through the media marketplace today. In that ar ... Continue reading »

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MikeRT
8 months ago

There is some real poetic justice in seeing them getting prevented from adapting by the very big government regulations that they championed as good liberal propaganda outlets all of these years.

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mark
8 months ago

Do not forget that these "old media" corporations do almost all the news gathering - an exspensive endevour that the new media repackagers exploit. If the old media guys were smart they could charge for their services. They say information wants to be free; But if thats the case than there wont be anyone to gather the information in the first place.

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Steve R.
8 months ago

Adam, glad you had this follow-up. I was wondering what to do with this NY Times Article: Mourning Old Media’s Decline.

We are experiencing technological evolution. The process can be painful. Some companies will go out of business because on an inability to adapt, others will innovate and thrive. Hopefully, the news media will adopt the innovative route and embrace the new opportunities.

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