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The Myth Of The Star Reporter
Yesterday, The Washington Post (former employer of Nathan Grayson and me) laid off less than 100 people on the business side, the latest upheaval at the Jeff Bezos-owned paper that’s struggling with the unique problem of what it wants to be during the upcoming Trump administration, and the much le
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State of Play
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.
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As newsrooms struggle with rickety business models and precarious finances — as well as new technologies — they are deploying an array of editorial responses.
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