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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor (slightly modified)

 

The failure of newspapers is not a failure of imagination or foresight nor is it a failure of individuals. This kind of failure is the hallmark of all institutions in the face of tectonic disruption.

Joshua-Michéle Ross, Stop Giving the Newspapers Your Advice — They Don’t Need It

Oh, to be a state or local official in America over the next 10 to 15 years, before somebody figures out the business model [to replace newspapers]. To gambol freely across the wastelands of an American city, as a local politician! It’s got to be one of the great dreams in the history of American corruption.

David Simon, quoted in Newspapers last bastion against political corruption, says creator of The Wire

Quality journalism is expensive, and to the extent that it provides a public good, we will find ways to fund it. But top-heavy, poorly run, arrogant-to-the-bitter-end media companies? This is their crisis, not our crisis, and it certainly isn’t about journalism.

Dan Conover, The newspaper suicide pact