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Journalism's winter of discontent

Journalism's winter of discontent

Unless we wake up fast, irreparable damage will be done to democracy and free markets

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Dan Perry
Feb 01, 2024
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This week brought the sad news that the Messenger, an online news site that aimed to be nonpartisan, was shutting down after spending $50 million over eight months of operation. This comes several months after Buzzfeed News shut down, and follows large-scale layoffs in recent days at the Los Angeles Times, which cut its newsroom staff …

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