In the 1980s, with the liberalization of restrictions on cable television stations, a large number of new stations were established, absorbing many nomadic media personnel. However, "these people still jump around among stations, and very few of them settle in to develop their careers," says the assistant editor at one publishing company who has personally tried cross-media job-jumping. She originally was employed by a magazine.
平面媒體的不景氣，適逢八○年代，有線電視頻道開放，大量新設的電台吸納了部分傳播人才，可是，「這些人也是在各電台之間跑來跑去，很少安定下來發展」，一位出版社的副總編輯即曾親身體驗這種轉換媒體的工作經驗。