Meanwhile the other functions of the press (opinion, readership and business model) are so disrupted by advocates that the only option seems to be to follow the advocate model.
The paper's readership, a new business elite tired of government shakedowns, only wants more of this sort of biting reportage, which in 25 months has generated a circulation of 18,000 and a fat list of advertisers.
Forbes Asia, combined with the Asian local-language publications, delivers the largest readership of any business publication in the region.
As readership ebbed, the business model that made sense was consolidation of the industry which led to leviathan media companies often owned by non-media holding giants, who were not run by ink-stained wretches dedicated to the principles of the Fourth Estate.
Unlike the Financial Times (no relation), only a small fraction of the Times' online readership do so for business reasons – with most incorporating it into their general news diet.
If journalism means (1) reporting on news, (2) disseminating opinion, (3) building a readership and (4) a business model off the back of it, that model applies to so many kinds of outlet these days that the distinction of "journalist" feels irrelevant.
Sometimes, companies will make it difficult for you to cancel subscriptions so they do not lose your business or readership.
It is unclear how much of an appetite a predominantly business-oriented readership would have for a weekend paper, or what editorial changes should be made to expand the audience.
Its success has won a new readership for economists, beyond the business section and the opinion columns, in the glossier pages of the weekend supplements.
Mostly we are read by corporate responsibility managers, a new breed who often come from the environmental or public relations side of business, but the readership is broadening.
