News produced and consumed continuously rather than at the daily paper's or evening bulletin's rhythm, dating from CNN's launch in 1980 and intensified by the internet and social media. It changed journalism's economics and its temptations: the scoop measured in minutes, the airtime that must be filled whether or not news has happened.
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