This is a direct corollary of the existence of the internet and the effect that had on the scarcity of information that supported the local newspaper model. Be

This is a direct corollary of the existence of the internet and the effect that had on the scarcity of information that supported the local newspaper model. Ben Thompson has written a number of great articles diving into this topic at Stratechery[1]. I understand why blaming CL seems like it should be a thing, but it's absolutely the wrong target: the very existence of the internet made newspapers utterly unsustainable because the scarcity they depended on vanished. [1] https://stratechery.com/ https://stratechery.com/