Translation of the opinion article published on December 8 by media mogul Rupert Murdoch in the Wall Street Journal. This is an excerpt from his appearance earlier this month with the Federal Trade Commission at a meeting on journalism and the Internet.

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This is a time when many media companies are closing or downsizing. No doubt they have heard someone say that journalism is in very bad shape and blames the success of the digital age.

My message is just the opposite. The future of journalism is more promising than ever, limited only by editors and producers unwilling to fight for their readers and viewers, or by a government who uses his off hand to regulate more than necessary or subvencionarnos.

From the beginning, newspapers have prospered for one reason: the confidence that comes from representing the interests of their readers and give them the news that matter most. That means covering the communities where they live, exposing government corruption or corporate and stand up to the rich and powerful. Read the rest of this entry »