News commentary
Can’t journalism have an 'abundance agenda'?
In the grand scheme of things, I am a producerist. I like people who make stuff and do stuff. The world can’t survive a day without them. “Abundance,” the new book by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, is about how American life would be better if we made and invented more stuff.
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Journalism as a profitable product has been in decline for years, raising the questions of what the news is for and what people are willing to pay for.
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The traditional journalism business model has long since collapsed, and news organizations have shrunk or disappeared entirely. While a number of promising experiments are under way, the public has not shown a willingness to buy what news organizations are selling.