Newspaper editorial cartoons face 'existential threat' from advertisers, online memes: artist

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CBC Radio - The Current

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/newspaper-editorial-cartoons-face-existential-threat-from-advertisers-online-memes-artist-1.5197207

More newspapers feel cartoons 'aren't worth all the trouble,' says Nick Anderson

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The editorial cartoon is facing an "existential threat" in the face of shrinking newsrooms and meme culture, according to a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist.

"Editorial cartoons … do cause a lot of trouble,' said Nick Anderson, who draws for The Washington Post Writers Group.

He told The Current's guest host Megan Williams that with less money and power than before "to defy advertisers" and some outspoken readers, newspapers have become "a little gun-shy" to run cartoons about controversial topics.

"I think they feel like maybe editorial cartoons aren't worth all the trouble."



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[Karadeniz]

1. Thank you!❤ I hope they don't disappear.