TV news is ultimately much more an arm of the...

June 29th, 2012

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TV news is ultimately much more an arm of the entertainment industry than it is of the news industry. Its star anchors get paid millions of dollars because they’re popular on TV, not because of their reporting skills; and while the occasional news magazine program will sometimes break news, newspapers and websites have always been the undisputed leaders on that front.

Felix Salmon: “News Corp’s digital divergence” (via reuters)

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