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I thought this was going to be a funny column about questionable laws intended to "save journalism". Journalism does not need a bailout, but it does need a sor
by johnnybgoode 17y ago
I thought this was going to be a funny column about questionable laws intended to "save journalism".
Journalism does not need a bailout, but it does need a sort of "recovery act" to bring the legal landscape in line with today's publishing technologies.
These guys have learned their lesson well: When asking for a bailout, don't call it a bailout.
But to be fair, they didn't ask for any direct financial subsidies.
- TomOfTTB 17y agoGood point on the title, I changed it to better reflect.
- netsp 17y agoI would far prefer direct subsidies to what this article implies.
- Tangurena 17y agoThere was an HN link a few days ago to an essay about why journalists deserve low pay (but I can't seem to find the HN story. http://www.robertpicard.net/PDFFiles/whyjournalistsdeservelowpay.pdf http://www.robertpicard.net/PDFFiles/whyjournalistsdeservelo... The changes in news over the past 2 decades is huge and structural, and no amount of Congresscritters standing at the shore demanding that the tide not come in, well, none of that is going to make a difference. Print news has rendered themselves as irrelevant as buggy whip makers.