It&#x27;s basic economics.  All else equal, an increase in the supply of a good drives its price down.  In the past, journalists had a monopoly on journalism.  Nowadays, anyone can write a piece of journalism and publish it, which means now we have a larger supply and lower prices.  How lower?  Apparently, close to zero, since a lot of people are willing to provide content for free.  It turns out creating content is something that can be fun.