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There is absolutely nothing wrong with profit. The issue for today’s news media organisations is the purpose to which profit is put. If it is siphoned off as dividends to investors it is lost to journalism. If it is employed to make the media organisation self-sustaining, journalism can be the beneficiary. In an age of marginal viability, the former no longer makes much sense and the latter is a necessity.
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Ellis, G. (2014). Why We Need Public Interest Journalism. In: Trust Ownership and the Future of News. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137369444_1
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