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    Lesson #433

    Digital journalism and paywallsBusiness
    January 13, 2022

    Part 1: newspapers painful saga and the winners from the digital media revolution

    The internet era completely changed the media industry. The internet affected all news outlets, but print newspapers probably took the biggest hit. News publications have consolidated and specialized to adapt to the times, but the industry also made a critical mistake at the beginning of the internet era. Plus, learn “eat into.”

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    And then

    Describe the next event in a sequence with 'and then'
    Lingo

    Slim down

    If something “slims down,” it gets smaller or is reduced.
    Expression

    Eat into

    We use “eat into” when you have a mass of something – time, money, a budget, savings, profit, or resources – but something else takes away from what you have.
    Exercise

    Exercises for Lesson 433

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