Death of The New Republic

What is it about?

This article looks at the metajournalistic discourse surrounding staff changes at The New Republic in late 2014. This moment is interesting because it made apparent philosophical conflicts between journalism's public value and the tech-industry style of management new owners prefer and offers a broader critique of neoliberal assumptions in the journalism industry.

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Why is it important?

The relationship between Silicon Valley and journalism has been posited as a mutually beneficial one, but this article investigates that assumption, pointing out many of the inherent cultural conflicts that ownership changes at The New Republic embodied.