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> the members of the editorial board have very little connection to the business side of the newspaper

And yet you will never see the editorial side write negative things about the business side of the newspaper.

People bring up this distinction that there is some barrier between the two, but its a very weak argument, since the incentives of both are the same (to increase the newspapers revenue)

[eli]

This is the first one that came to mind but I’m sure there are many other examples especially if you include columnists. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/opinion/cartoon-nytimes.h...

I do think the paper made a huge mistake in eliminating the public editor position, which was essentially dedicated to criticism of the paper.

I think you would be surprised with how little the editorial team at newspapers concerns themselves with revenue. It's to the point where it's often actually harmful to the organization.