For years, the internet has been shrinking. Not in size, not in data, but in ownership. A vast, decentralized network of personal blogs, forums, and independent communities has been corralled into a handful of paved prison yards controlled by a few massive corporations. Every post, every “friend,” every creative work—
Just to add that in addition to novelty, journalists provide valuable services, like
Not to say that you weren’t including these in “novel news,” but just to make it explicit.