Journalism and Porn: Poynter Aroused by Similarities

The Poynter Institute’s Andy Medici brings us a story today comparing the Journalism industry and its current struggles to the adult entertainment industry.

The gist:

“The Internet has opened the door to thousands of competitors, all offering content that appeals to just about any niche or taste. Meanwhile, your legacy company is burdened with an outdated distribution system and is trying desperately to adjust to a new world in which having a local monopoly is not an option.”

A reader might just be enticed to read on with this kind of sentence:
“Read more to learn where the money is going in porn, and how journalism might follow its lead.”

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