Two companies with similar editorial values and brands that mostly complement instead of overlap. This is the kind of smart merger we should see more of.
This might be a rare instance of the goals of a platform genuinely aligning with the goals of a publisher — or another case of publishers’ revenue streams being at the mercy of a tech company’s priorities.
New York magazine and Quartz both now want readers to pay up. How deep into their pockets will even dedicated news consumers go for a second (or third or fourth) read?
Rather than create geographic diversity, digital news has pushed the industry into a few tight clusters. That has real impacts on the journalism we get.
Benton, Joshua. "“I know what Guns and Ammo is. I know what Road and Track is…I don’t know what Fusion is.”." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 23 Feb. 2015. Web. 22 Nov. 2019.
APA
Benton, J. (2015, Feb. 23). “I know what Guns and Ammo is. I know what Road and Track is…I don’t know what Fusion is.”. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved November 22, 2019, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/02/i-know-what-guns-and-ammo-is-i-know-what-road-and-track-is-i-dont-know-what-fusion-is/
Chicago
Benton, Joshua. "“I know what Guns and Ammo is. I know what Road and Track is…I don’t know what Fusion is.”." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified February 23, 2015. Accessed November 22, 2019. https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/02/i-know-what-guns-and-ammo-is-i-know-what-road-and-track-is-i-dont-know-what-fusion-is/.
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