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I’m a media reporter and a diehard Swiftie. I don’t cover Taylor, but here’s how I wish someone would

She’s a billionaire, transforming the music industry in real time. Few living celebrities have her scale of cultural influence. Shouldn’t someone be, at least, attempting to look without fear or favor to see if she’s keeping her side of the street clean?

Michael J. Socolow

How the Kennedy assassination helped make network TV news wealthy

Until the early 1960s, TV news was seen as a loss leader.

Ben Brock Johnson

Are public media podcasts facing a “Moneyball” moment?

In an era where the “easy money” is gone, celebrity sluggers are beyond reach, and commercial outfits are pulling back, public radio orgs can win by leaning into data and ideas that helped them create the art form.