The internet has been decimating traditional news journalism's profits – whether online or offline – for more than a decade now. What do you mean they weren't

The internet has been decimating traditional news journalism's profits – whether online or offline – for more than a decade now. What do you mean they weren't "pushing ad revenue into the information age?" What were they supposed to do differently? The only news providers I hear about doing remotely well off of online advertising are ones with click-bait headlines and viral content, quite a different style from the NYT. And how are they "crying that it's everyone else's fault they are losing money?"