Steiger: Embrace Internet, But Protect Journalism
Former Wall Street Journal Managing Editor Paul Steiger said Tuesday the dwindling number of newspapers is "robbing" the country of its democracy, but added that those same news outlets need to embrace the Internet revolution in order to serve their audiences and survive. "We used to be able to count on robust metropolitan dailies to provide a steady flow of this valuable work," Steiger said in remarks to the Federal Trade Commission Tuesday. "Now, while many newspapers continue to do as much of it as they can, the destruction of the business model they once depended on and the resultant shrinkage and even shuttering of newspapers around the country are robbing the American people of an important bulwark of our democracy."
Steiger: Embrace Internet, But Protect Journalism