[PLUG-TALK] The Corner Newsletter: The Death of BuzzFeed News (fwd)

[Rich Shepard]

On Fri, 28 Apr 2023, Paul Heinlein wrote:

> I have a long-standing fear that the corporate consolidation in the US
> economy over the past 40 years or so, in all markets (including
> journalism), has not been particularly beneficial to our society. It has
> ...

Paul,

I'm glad that I've found someone else who feels this angst.

> At some point, and I think we're long past it, consolidation removes the
> vibrancy from a market economy and makes it resemble something much more
> like statist system: a few big players, supported by political cronies,
> tending toward plutocracy.

Or oligocracy and authoritariansm.

Regards,

Rich