I've been hearing a lot about the critical state of journalism recently. Don't get me wrong, I believe all of it, and as someone who things it's a pretty important profession, am genuinely worried. I do realize however that I might be hearing so much about it because I usually read stuff written by journalists. I know there are many reasons beyond the recession that can be attributed to the current climate, but it makes me wonder how many other industries out there feel like they're in just as much trouble, only we never hear about it?
Newspapers for example, are finding themselves in an unsustainable business model because they're producing something that others are doing online for free. But the same can be increasingly said for movies and music. The last two are supposedly inelastic commodities, but the reality is people nowadays expect to have access to more things for free. I have no idea what the answers are to these things but it's worth thinking about.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment