>Progressive media activists, rattled by the collapse of a generation of youth-oriented digital news outlets like Vice and BuzzFeed News, are pushing wealthy Democrats to invest in for-profit media companies and social media influencers. >That’s the conclusion of an [85-page report](https://www.medialandscapereport.org/), obtained by Semafor and subsequently published online, prepared for a gathering of progressive leaders in Washington, D.C. last month. >The report calls for “diverting a share of the investment that’s going into exclusively cause-funded nonprofits towards sponsored content and into direct investment in hybrid and for-profit enterprises with large audiences. . . . [Source Article](https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.semafor.com%2Farticle%2F06%2F18%2F2023%2Fliberal-activists-want-to-buy-your-local-tv-station)