Breaking News: Media Still Sexist

[emeraldsedai]

This excellent ranticle by Heidi Cullinan (author of gay romance novels) articulates everything I hadn't quite thought of for myself about the way the Harlequin purchase by Murdoch has been covered in the media.

Briefly: The media, largely, regarded [the nearly half-billion-dollar sale of the leading firm in a billion dollar industry] as a women’s

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[helenajust]

There was a similar, very good post by Sarah at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

[emeraldsedai]

Ooh, good article, thanks. Glancing through comments on both blog posts, I've gotten various perspectives on the takeover, both positive (News Corp doesn't buy losers and therefore this buyout is proof that the romance novel industry is a financial player) and negative (Canadian jobs and revenue will be lost).

All of which is to say that there were a dozen more valid, interesting and important ways to report this news than the way most outlet chose to report it.

I sometimes despair of the mainstream media ever learning, and then I take heart from the fact that the mainstream media is a dinosaur that just hasn't fallen over yet.