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   On 2026-02-05 9:33 a.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   > Jeff Bezos hasn't been having any fun with his plaything, the Washington   
   > Post, which is political dynamite with respect to angering Trump. I   
   > never quite understood what his intent was on changing its business   
   > model. He's fired all editorial employees and news will now be delivered   
   > by picking it off shelves at an Amazon warehouse according to a computer   
   > algorithm.   
   >   
   > https://apnews.com/article/washington-post-staff-reduction-lay   
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   >   
   > The Atlanta Journal-Constitution just ended its print edition and the   
   > Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will entirely go out of business in May after   
   > unfavorable to the publisher rulings in a long-standing union contract   
   > dispute and big losses.   
   >   
   > https://sopghreporter.com/2026/01/07/pittsburgh-post-gazette-to-close/   
      
   Old media are dying - and have been for decades now. I can't say I'm   
   particularly sad about it, although I'm still not sure if the new media   
   landscape will be entirely to our liking either.   
      
   It seems like the main feature of new media is that they will be far   
   smaller and will take a clear point of view instead of pretending to be   
   neutral. That at least is more honest than what the old media do when   
   they claim to be neutral and are actually anything but that. It will   
   make media consumers look at more outlets if they want to avoid being   
   told just what they want to hear in an endless loop of confirmation bias.   
      
   Another key feature is that new media will have far fewer resources so   
   won't have big fancy studios and large staffs of foreign correspondents.   
   But they may make up for that by using local volunteers or staff to   
   report on developments in distant locations. Those people may be far   
   better informed about what's going on because they're local but they may   
   also be more heavily biased either for or against the local regime.   
      
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