David Samson

What's the barrier to entry to be a competitor of yours?

I must be confused because I view the barrier to entry as non-existent.

But they never did exist.

It is a very silly sort of naive thought that people have.

And obviously what Jeff is saying, whatever it doesn't, it doesn't actually matter, but

I'm talking about whether or not journalism is ending.

And what people are saying is, if there were more subscribers to the Washington Post, home delivery subscribers, the paper would continue as is.

Home delivery's basically gone away.

Printing presses are basically disappearing.

The buildings in which printing presses existed are being repurposed for something else.

So are you willing, instead of home delivery, will you buy the digital?

Subscription.

Some people like the paywall, some people don't, some people do, but not enough to have the old business.

The numbers have gone down because people get their news elsewhere.

Why are we mourning that?

You have built your career on adjusting to what the new reality is.

What is your view of what's happening at CBS, then?

So when they had the all-hands meeting, here's what is the question.

Do you have the ability to be independent...

As a journalist, when there are so many intertwined governmental issues that frankly have always existed, they're just more out front now.