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Saving the news media means moving beyond the benevolence of billionaires

  • Written by Rodney Benson, Professor of Media, Culture and Communication, New York University
imageBillionaire media owners can't change inhospitable market dynamics.Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

For the journalism industry, 2024 is off to a brutal start.

Most spectacularly, the Los Angeles Times recently slashed more than 20% of its newsroom.

Though trouble had long been brewing, the layoffs were particularly disheartening...

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