In the latter half of the twentieth century, print journalism as a whole was relegated to secondary status in the economy, the business of ideological orientation, and even the relay of information. With this, the figure of the professional print journalist lost substance, supplanted increasingly by the TV correspondent. [...] This is the situation—one of steady, protracted decline—into which the internet and digital economy irrupted, priming a real paradigm shift in the financing of information. [...]