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if the owner of a newspaper decides what it publishes, that newspaper is no longer considered to have "editorial freedom". This is a very important thing to journalists.

I can totally understand why it's less hassle all round for Bezos to publish in Medium, or the NYT, or any other publication than the one he owns.

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If the "owners" of a newspaper don't have final authority about what it publishes, they aren't the real owners/publishers in the first place; they just provide funding to it, and perhaps own its branding. It's understandable that journalists like "editorial freedom", because it's a de-facto property right. Who wouldn't like that sort of thing?

That's the curious thing: the owner does have final authority, but if they choose to exert it, they lose what they own (as the character of the publication changes).

Like the King in the Little Prince, their authority is absolute, but only if they are reasonable :)

Having been witness to an entire newsroom resigning because the owner told them what to publish, I can definitely say that it's more than a "like".

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