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The Washington Post sold Democracy. Now it needs a new line of business.

www.semafor.com · Max Tani · last updated
The consumer backlash to the Post reveals the extent to which the publication’s positioning against Trump was — in a literal, rather than cynical sense — marketing.

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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.

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