Digital Journalism, a Market Failure

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

News, Daily News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

On The Gist, Necco Wafers are out this Valentine's Day, but don't shed a tear. In the interview, some movies live for the twist. Steven Knight's latest film, Serenity, is ostensibly about a sea captain's Melvillian obsessions. Knight joins us to talk about how Matthew McConaughey gets it right, Saint Lucia, and writing screenplays in a detached state of mind ("It's almost like accessing whatever the hell it is that creates dreams"). In the Spiel, journalists are losing their jobs. And there's some BS out there about why that is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode could contain profanity.
0:02.1	It's up to me, I guess.
0:03.6	Your Saturday could contain a just newsletter.
0:07.0	To sign up for it, or once a week newsletter,
0:09.8	go to slate.com slash justnews.
0:13.2	BAN BAN BAN BAN BAN BAN BAN BAN
0:17.0	Thursday, January 24, 2019 from slated to the gist I'm Mike Pesca.
0:22.0	If chalky candy hearts were so beloved,
0:25.3	then there would be, right now, on the shelves,
0:28.7	chalky candy hearts.
0:30.3	Theory, the reason that beloved Valentine's Day candy
0:35.5	isn't available is that that candy is not actually beloved.
0:39.4	ABC News 7 has the story.
0:41.0	Sweethearts, those candies that come with messages of love,
0:43.4	like B-Mine, Kiss Me, and Puppy Love.
0:46.4	Well, they're not going to be on store shelves this year.
0:48.9	Broken hearts everywhere.
0:50.0	NECCO, the candy's original producer,
0:52.5	went out of business last year.
0:54.0	The new owner is not producing them this year,
0:56.1	but fear not, the company plans to sell them again next year.
1:00.3	So something rolled forward to be a little.
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