Public Option for Press Should Get the Red Pen

The Progress & Freedom Foundation Progress Snapshot, Vol. 6, No. 4, 2009

3 Pages Posted: 3 Jun 2010

Date Written: January 25, 2009

Abstract

A major American industry is struggling. Some are calling for subsidies to prop it up; potentially even a bailout. Assistance for displaced workers is also recommended. And a variety of new regulations are proposed to avoid future calamities.

Is it the auto industry? The financial sector? The housing market?

No, it's the media. With many traditional media providers--newspapers, broadcasters, and others--languishing in the midst of unprecedented marketplace changes and technological upheaval, some regulatory activists are suggesting government should take steps to "save journalism" before venerable news-gathering institutions and reporters are swept away by the ongoing digital tsunami.

Keywords: PFF, communications, policy, regulation, law

Suggested Citation

Thierer, Adam D., Public Option for Press Should Get the Red Pen (January 25, 2009). The Progress & Freedom Foundation Progress Snapshot, Vol. 6, No. 4, 2009, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1619466

Adam D. Thierer (Contact Author)

R Street Institute ( email )

1050 17th Street Northwest
#1150
Washington, DC 20036
United States

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