Uutismedian tulevaisuudesta järkeviä sanoja sanoo Techdirtin Mike Masnick. Kysymys nykyisessä murroksessa ei ole uutisbisneksen, sanomalehtien tai journalismin kuolemasta kun sanomalehdet menettävät tilaajia, lukijoita ja kustantajat vähentävät työntekijöitään kiihtyvällä vauhdilla Yhdysvalloissa. Kysymys on internetin mukanaan tuomasta kilpailusta, joka muuttaa koko mediabisnestä - ja kuten yleensä kilpailun tullessa monopolistiselle alueelle, tuotteet, tässä tapauksessa uutiset ja journalismi kokonaisuutena kehittyvät entistä paremmiksi. Tässä paloja Masnickin kirjoituksesta:
What’s most amazing to me is how the folks who are complaining and whining about it all can’t seem to separate out the fact that “the industry is changing” from the idea that “journalism is dying.” As Matthew Yglesias points out, all it’s really saying is that the future will be different, and the more you look at the details, the more reason to think that it will be better, not worse.
This is the first time that they’re [newspapers] facing competition from non-newspapers, that are providing the same essential services they have, but are doing it in a different way. And if there’s one thing that should be clear from nearly all of economic history, it’s that when you get real competition, the end results tend to be much better and much more innovative — which is exactly what we’re seeing in the news industry.
And once the old school news professionals realize that news means something different these days than it did when they were the only players in town, there are plenty of ways to provide news that people want, and to make a profit doing so. The news business isn’t dying. It’s thriving. It’s just that it’s more competitive. And that’s a good thing.
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