Traditional "mainstream" media are not dead, but they struggled to keep up with the challenge imposed by the new media. Readership habits changed: free content,

Traditional "mainstream" media are not dead, but they struggled to keep up with the challenge imposed by the new media. Readership habits changed: free content, physical vs virtual, advertisement model ... Journalistic freedom and space found (self-censorship) in the mainstream media are directly or indirectly affected by this. How many articles have not been published in the past because of the relationships with advertisers? (Hollywood is a big player in this) Now there's a different barrier for stories to get published. Sometimes it's a better thing, other times it's not.