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Who coined the phrase, "legacy media?" Sounds like techy-speak to make it sound old so people move to social media bullshit.

knowtheory 9mo ago
This is a piece written by Jeff Jarvis who was a founder of Entertainment Weekly and then a long time professor focused on innovation and journalism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Jarvis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Jarvis So, it's a term of art, and i'll even agree that it's got a bit of a tech-y pejorative lean to it, but it's in wide use, and Jarvis certainly isn't solely a person who comes from tech.
pixl97 9mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_media https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_media
- layman51 9mo ago
  The last section heading about “Old media as a cultural construct and colloquialism” is pretty relevant to the parent post. Lots of theorists claim that the binary between new and old media is inaccurate.
4ndrewl 9mo ago
Certainly in the UK the 'legacy' part of media orgs (print) is still far more profitable than the pennies paid for ad-clicks.
- nephihaha 9mo ago
  Not many people buying papers here anymore. I bought one yesterday, but it's months since I last did. Even the Metro free sheet goes uncollected a lot of the time. I just go to its puzzle page now. Constant scare stories and manipulation.
BLKNSLVR 9mo ago
No history to be found here, but the phrase 'legacy media' started making sense to me, in Australia, when it became obvious to me that said legacy media were being intentionally dishonest / obviously biased in their reporting of progressive topics like renewable energy and fiber optic internet roll out. 'Legacy' basically meaning a representation of the past, not the future. I'm just realising that Google is pretty much 'legacy search' given that the choice is generally between paid promotions and scams (which could be two ways of saying the same thing). AI may actually have saved Google as their search results were enshittifying themselves into oblivion.

knowtheory 9mo ago

This is a piece written by Jeff Jarvis who was a founder of Entertainment Weekly and then a long time professor focused on innovation and journalism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Jarvis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Jarvis So, it's a term of art, and i'll even agree that it's got a bit of a tech-y pejorative lean to it, but it's in wide use, and Jarvis certainly isn't solely a person who comes from tech.

pixl97 9mo ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_media https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_media

layman51 9mo ago
The last section heading about “Old media as a cultural construct and colloquialism” is pretty relevant to the parent post. Lots of theorists claim that the binary between new and old media is inaccurate.

4ndrewl 9mo ago

Certainly in the UK the 'legacy' part of media orgs (print) is still far more profitable than the pennies paid for ad-clicks.

nephihaha 9mo ago
Not many people buying papers here anymore. I bought one yesterday, but it's months since I last did. Even the Metro free sheet goes uncollected a lot of the time. I just go to its puzzle page now. Constant scare stories and manipulation.

BLKNSLVR 9mo ago

No history to be found here, but the phrase 'legacy media' started making sense to me, in Australia, when it became obvious to me that said legacy media were being intentionally dishonest / obviously biased in their reporting of progressive topics like renewable energy and fiber optic internet roll out. 'Legacy' basically meaning a representation of the past, not the future. I'm just realising that Google is pretty much 'legacy search' given that the choice is generally between paid promotions and scams (which could be two ways of saying the same thing). AI may actually have saved Google as their search results were enshittifying themselves into oblivion.