Illiberal democracy and the rule of law — which we have been steadily covering since 2014 — has recently bubbled up to be an existential crisis for the European Union (Photo: European Commission)

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Editor's Digest

by Alejandro Tauber, Amsterdam,

The news business is weird — reporting and readership thrives in times of crisis. At the same time, most media companies are built on advertising models. And in times of crisis, advertisers spend less.

This fundamental mismatch in supply and demand makes it both an interesting environment to work in and a very challenging one. At times when you'd need to invest most in coverage, revenue is tight.

This problem is most nakedly visible in large, publicly-owned media companies — many...

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Editor's Digest

Author Bio

Alejandro Tauber is Publisher of EUobserver. He is Ecuadorian, German, and American, but lives in Amsterdam. His background is in tech and science reporting, and was previously editor at VICE's Motherboard and publisher of TNW.

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Illiberal democracy and the rule of law — which we have been steadily covering since 2014 — has recently bubbled up to be an existential crisis for the European Union (Photo: European Commission)