the article itself does a pretty good job of listing all the other cases where a previously respected and well paid profession has been affected by market force

the article itself does a pretty good job of listing all the other cases where a previously respected and well paid profession has been affected by market forces. Of course, it ascribes malicious intent for all of them, too. I think the paragraph about journalism was probably the most pertinent. No-one decided to relabel journalism as "content" to be produced by designated "content providers". Pre-internet only journalists had a way of publishing their opinions. Post-internet everyone does. The simple law of supply and demand means that opinions are less valuable now.