J. Christopher Hamilton

American academic (Syracuse University – Newhouse)

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I do not believe the consumer is going to observe the difference in the organization, whether it be in raised subscription fees to HBO Max or raised subscription fees to Paramount+ or new programming rolled out in the first quarter,
Both CNN and CBS News will ultimately sit under the same corporate ownership, and ownership can exert influence in ways that are much more subtle than directly telling an editor what stories to cover,... The long-term question “is whether that independence remains intact when it becomes costly or uncomfortable for the parent company,
It cannot be overstated, the potential impact this is going to have when it comes to the undermining of what’s considered credible news coverage,
If [journalists] step away from these institutions because of how uncomfortable or how unwieldy this gets, then we have no hope,

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