Philadelphia Inquirer
Philly journalists are stunned by their uncertain future, but they probably shouldn't be, says
Andrew Cassel. "Freedom of the press may be guaranteed by the First Amendment, but there are no constitutional promises of stability or job security in the news business," he writes. "The history of American newspapers is actually a pretty turbulent tale, of giants come and gone, empires built and dismantled. And that was true long before the Internet began turning our fundamental business model inside out."
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