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The Crocodile Effect: How Platforms Eat Their Own Supply Chains 

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Anastasia Micich
Oct. 7, 2026
From the beginning of digital journalism, the basic exchange has been a simple one: publishers produce the reporting and the platforms that distribute it to readers send them back to the source content. That exchange is breaking down rapidly, threatening the future of journalism. Search engines and ad networks once connected readers to newsrooms and
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