Jon Steinberg, COO of Buzzfeed, explains how the rise of digital media closely mirrors the history of newspapers.

Based on a reading of Michael Schudson’s “Discovering the News,” Steinberg sees that technological innovation, the “democratization” of news and rapidly adapting revenue models are nothing new. The Times has been riding these trends for 150 years.

“News Monetization and Mobile are Issues from the 1800s” via Medium.