legacy media
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- /ˈlɛɡəsi ˈmiːdiə/
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medios tradicionales
- Many people still rely on legacy media like newspapers and television for their daily news.
The obvious is the move from traditional legacy media to new media.
- The obvious is the move from traditional legacy media to new media.
- You don't have CNN, but like, let's say legacy media.
- So more people are getting their news outside of legacy media outlets.
- Like, how do you think about that romanticized version of, of legacy media from our childhood?
- And this reminds us that there are times when, you know, legacy media really do great work.
- Let's move into, I want to move into legacy media.
- So, so I, I, I, I look at this, I look at, I look at a legacy media and I'm like, OK, now here is the difference.
- And because, you know, legacy media outlets by and large were all on board with a certain narrative.
- And then when that happened, boom, everybody started to jump on and but only within the alternative legacy media framing.
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I think the traditional legacy media business needs to do, we all need to do a better job of connecting with the reader, viewer, listener in that way.
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Second, the demand for funding has increased, owing to the number of new non-profit journalistic start-ups seeking to fill the void created by the contraction of the legacy media.
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So I think news, even legacy media has a place.
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Well, I mean, think about the position that the legacy media was put into.
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The legacy media is telling us that the American people are just not interested in this story.
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The obvious is the move from traditional legacy media to new media.
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And this reminds us that there are times when, you know, legacy media really do great work.
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There is really no excuse for their behavior, and I believe it has permanently damaged the little credibility that remains with the legacy media.
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I replied that it wasn't the candidates so much who focused on social issues, but the legacy media that focused on statements one candidate had made.
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Because a large swath of the country clearly does not trust the legacy media's take on his presidency of the MAGA movement anymore.
Synonyms
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People and organizations that gather and publish news
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Organizations like newspapers and TV that report and share news
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Newspapers and magazines printed on paper, not online
News outlets that people see as boring, unfair, or not serious
How Traditional
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'traditional forms of mass media' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'legacy' (from the past/handed down) with 'media' (institutions that broadcast to large audiences): together they denote older, established media as opposed to new digital platforms. This compositional logic is cross‑linguistically common and should be immediately clear to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Legacy media uses legacy, meaning something handed down from the past, and media, meaning ways to share news. Think of an old family house that people trust but that is not new, so legacy media means older sources like newspapers, radio and television, the 'traditional' ways to get news before online platforms.