Chapter
The Reluctance to Face Independent Journalists in Podcasts
00:00 - 02:48 (02:48)
The phenomenon of businesses and individuals choosing to go direct rather than facing independent journalists has become popular today, resulting in a lack of transparency and independent scrutiny.
Clips
The prevalent use of direct-to-audience business models is largely due to the desire to avoid independent journalists and scrutiny of views and decisions by the subject of stories.
00:00 - 02:48 (02:48)
Direct-to-audience business models
Summary
The prevalent use of direct-to-audience business models is largely due to the desire to avoid independent journalists and scrutiny of views and decisions by the subject of stories. This phenomenon has resulted in some tech podcasts, such as Slate's, being viewed with suspicion by the press.