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It's not unreasonable, of course. Except for the special case that he's worth $800m and the publication in question is the New Republic. And, as he notes, there
by chasing 12y ago
It's not unreasonable, of course. Except for the special case that he's worth $800m and the publication in question is the New Republic. And, as he notes, there is a trend of journalistic organizations eschewing the traditional for-profit model in order to sustain themselves and provide the quality journalism our country and world needs.
- vasilipupkin 12y agoSo, just because he is worth 800 million, he absolutely must be ok with New Republic not being self sustaining? that seems unreasonable to me. He may have lots of ideas about what to do with his money that don't all involve this one issue
- chasing 12y agoYou've misunderstood me. I agree with you: It's not unreasonable for him to want to run the New Republic as a self-sustaining business. And he owes no one an explanation -- especially if he's fine with changing how people view the New Republic as a brand. (Meaning, if he doesn't care about alienating his existing readers in favor of a new readership, whatever that might be.) But we're in a world where quality journalism is evaporating, I think it's fair for people to want more of an explanation than this. Especially since, as someone who possesses extreme wealth, he's not under the same financial pressures as another owner might be. Many people care about the New Republic. We want to know why things we care about appear to be breaking.
- vasilipupkin 12y ago"We are in a world where quality journalism is evaporating". Really? I don't see it that way. NYTimes, New Yorker, Vox, Atlantic, and yes, even BuzzFeed and BusinessInsider, ProPublica, NPR, WSJ, Financial Times, etc, etc. do lots of interesting, quality journalism. Maybe, I am wrong - but I feel like I have easy access to a lot more good stuff than ever before