We can start with the fact that “free” isn’t a good business model for quality journalism. Facebook and Google flatly refuse to pay for news even though they license many other types of content. Both companies have deals to pay music publishers when copyrighted songs play on their platforms. Facebook and Google also need to be willing to acknowledge investments in quality journalism through their algorithms. Under the adage “You break it, you buy it,” the platforms now own what happens when quality journalism goes away.

Source: New York Times January 31, 2019 17:44 UTC