Romenesko

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In the future, writes Simon Dumenco, "just as there will be fewer and fewer full-time journalists producing words for pay, there will be fewer and fewer full-time photojournalists taking photographs for pay. Maybe five or 10 years from now, with the newspaper industry and old-school media empires such as Time Inc. decimated (or gone entirely), Gawker Media will simply fill its blog posts with free images it finds elsewhere -- like on Flickr. Ultimately, it all comes down to this: In a postprint world, who 'owns' still images? And will anyone ever figure out a better business model than lifting content and getting away with it?"