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mk  ·  4521 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Old Media's Blind Spot: How New Media and Aggregators are Winning the War for Eyeballs.
All this is true. So I think the question becomes: at what point do we stop calling them the same thing?

I remember a couple years ago listening to a round-table discussion on NPR where a guest offhandedly said that Fox was not a news organization. Immediately, the host was like: "Whoa whoa whoa! We don't say things like that!" (It's almost like using the term liar to describe a politician. Third rail stuff.)

But, IMO it's close to the truth. By my definition, Fox, CNN and MSNBC are "newsertainment" organizations. Not news organizations. HuffPo is the same.

It just might be that for-profit news cannot be quality in this day and age. Personally, I think a quality for-profit news organization could work, but only if they cater to a smaller select audience. Unfortunately, if the organization is publicly traded, it won't take long until a CEO ruins it for more money.