This is just another example of old media flailing around, trying one poorly thought-out strategy after another and hoping something works. The sad thing is that the people responsible for this mess — the business managers, the owners, the publishers, the people entrusted with the long-term economic health of news institutions — are the ones who will walk away unscathed.

Journalism schools get beat up constantly by critics, but what on earth do business schools teach? Has there ever been as clueless a leadership class as the group of bozos running American businesses during the past 30 years? GM is on the verge of bankruptcy. GM!!

Listen, I could rant on and on, but I’ll stop there. My point is this: Blaming journalists for the mess old-media institutions are in is as wrong as blaming auto workers for the disaster that has befallen the Big Three. This is a failure of business leadership, first and foremost — the result of a short-sighted, not very bright leadership class corrupted by easy profits. But it’s the people who do the essential grunt work who suffer.

P.S. Is there any way to get a preview function for your comments section?