Digital News Outlets Are Becoming Legacy Acts — and Why This Matters for the Future of Information
Digital news outlets increasingly resemble legacy acts, authoritative, trusted, and culturally significant, yet structurally limited in how they evolve within an AI-mediated information landscape. Their challenge today is not overcoming their legacy but converting it into a foundation for new paradigms—verified information flows, trust-driven signals, and product-oriented models that can sustain relevance beyond the traditional news cycle.