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"A Disgrace to the Profession"

We are bombarded with useless trivia and celebrity gossip despite the valiant efforts of a few remaining newspapers such as the New York Times and the Washington Post, along with Democracy Now, National Public Radio, Pacifica, and Jim Lehrer of the Public Broadcasting Service. These organizations still practice journalism as an ethical pursuit on b

Chris Hedges • Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle

In the wake of the Summer of Substack, the novelty of launching a newsletter where readers pay directly for your work has given way to the reality of, well, keeping that newsletter up. And keeping those readers happy. And finding new ones when, inevitably, some of those readers decide they’re kind of over you (nicely termed as “churn”). Inevitably,... See more

The Atlantic • A Good Newsletter Exit Strategy Is Hard to Find

Opinion | Jeff Bezos: The Hard Truth: Americans Don’t Trust the News Media - The Washington Post

Jeff Bezos washingtonpost.com

HBP’s figures put the organization within the orbit of luminaries like The Economist while simultaneously positioning peers like Forbes, Fortune, Axios, and others in the rearview mirror. Remarkably, HBP has managed this with a considerably leaner staff, employing just 450.

Mario Gabriele • Harvard, a Media Company | The Generalist

of the New Journalism (which put a new emphasis on the voice and point of view of the reporter),

Michiko Kakutani • The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump

Russert, like Cramer, when exposed as complicit in the dissemination of misinformation, attempted to portray himself as an innocent victim, as did New York Times reporter Judy Miller, who, along with her colleague Michael Gordon, worked largely as stenographers for the Bush White House during the propaganda campaign to invade Iraq. Once the adminis

Chris Hedges • Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle

I’d protest that this book has never been about opposing the New York Times but about pursuing the same mission to which the paper is dedicated—unearthing the truth. But no matter how wholehearted it was, the strength of that argument could not overcome an evidently widespread fear of the cultural and political behemoth that is the New York Times.

Ashley Rindsberg • The Gray Lady Winked: How the New York Times's Misreporting, Distortions and Fabrications Radically Alter History

The Business of Newsletters

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