[abb]

This is playing out as did the newspaper/radio wars of the late 20s and early 30s. Newspapers were up in arms about radio news taking from them what was “rightfully theirs,” namely news reporting. All sorts of proposed legislation to curtail radio newsgathering and to protect newspapers.

But once the politicians discovered the value of radio to reach voters, the newspapers were S. O. L.

http://www.slate.com/id/2223216/
The Newspaper-Web War
Ever get the feeling this battle was fought before?

http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-0711102-133745/unrestricted/Collins_thesis.pdf
THE NEW ORLEANS PRESS-RADIO WAR AND HUEY P. LONG, 1922-1936.

[Tribune7]

abb, that’s good stuff. Thanks.