By Arif Durrani

“This is the most exciting time in the history of journalism. New tools, new markets, new business models and new audiences are consuming volumes of information once unimaginable,” notes owner Evgeny Lebedev in the final edition of the Independent newspaper.

Well yes, fair comment – 2016 is an “exciting time” in terms of innovation and reach for journalism. But as the 100-plus Independent journalists now officially unemployed will testify (or the 100 or so being encouraged to take voluntary redundancy at the Guardian, or the others currently exiting News UK) “exciting” does not entirely cover it.

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Source: The Drum