Michael Kinsley, in a Washington Post op-ed, writes of his experiences as editor of various news organization. His conclusion is that non-profit news is not the best option, based on his experience at Harper’s Magazine, where directors were both resistant to change and meddlesome. His ideal is for an organization “to be a flyspeck on the balance sheet of a large company with other things on its mind,” though he admits that this arrangement is increasingly rare.

You can read the Washington Post op-ed here.