Ryan Chittum of Columbia Journalism Review writes about the upcoming business news site from The Atlantic called Quartz and questions its strategy of aiming of an elite audience.
“What the post-national elite who run the world really need to read is aggressive, forthright business coverage that pops their gilded bubble, shows them the external costs of their actions, and holds them to account when they betray the public trust, which seems to happen a lot these days.
“Maybe Quartz will do some of that too, but there is zero indication in the press release of any such intention—or that the business universe might be somewhat off-kilter.
“The proof will be in the pudding, obviously, but Quartz is already limited by its own conception of itself.”
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