Mass media is dying just as the billionaires are getting control of it:

[applegrove]

Jarvis: I hate to say this to my friends here at CNN, mass media is dying, so they're taking the last of these vestiges of institutions that matter and they're trying to turn them into propaganda organs under threat from the head of the FCC

— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 2025-09-18T02:19:33.269Z

[NJCher]

1. I taught mass media

For years at the college level. Even at that time (2015), there were graphs projecting the decline of mass media and the rise of the internet.

One big reason is that the internet allows for targeted ad buys. It’s much more efficient $$ wise.

[Layzeebeaver]

2. Mass media is dying BECAUSE the billionaires got control of it.

Nt

[milestogo]

7. But if people stop watching, they make less money off it.

[Hugin]

3. Yes, this pandering to what is essentially a very fickle audience of one...

Is ultimately going to render the MSM even more of a vast wasteland than what existed before. They may slip by today or even tomorrow, but eventually they will all be confronted with a “I didn’t like the cut of whatever’s jib” moment and face cutting out very popular features that the one audience member doesn’t like because it is vastly more popular than him.

It’s a no win. Keep the popular features and take the licks now.

[tanyev]

4. Yep, this could be the coup de grace.

We have full streaming capability, but I’ve been happy to keep cable TV for local news, the public tv Create channel and other miscellaneous programming throughout the year, but I’m seriously thinking about finally cutting the cord now.

[newdeal2]

5. Streaming isn't fully immune either

Disney+/Hulu, HBOMax, Peacock, Paramount are all still in the regular TV business (cable and local) plus streaming. Most of them seem to want to get out of that business and just be streaming, but until that happens they are subject to Trump abusing his regulatory power over them.

Even if you're on pure streaming like Netflix, we could be getting to the point where the government censors what's on the internet like in other countries.

[hunter]

6. I don't watch ANY advertising supported television.

No cable, no satellite, no broadcast.

If a streaming service doesn't have a no-advertising option I won't even consider it.

My wife and I quit all advertising supported "traditional" television in 2012. We watch DVDs and subscribe to two or three no-advertising streaming services at any given time.

Traditional television created Trump. If the monster they created ends them, so be it.