It used to be that journalism was something that you got better at over time — and the result was that talent was something that media companies wanted to invest in, and needed to pay good money to retain. But today, someone who’s spent 20 weeks at BuzzFeed has much more reach, and is probably significantly more valuable, than someone who’s spent 20 years at the 185-year-old Barnstable Patriot.

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