Or not much. Or not for at least ten years.
Smart publishers are worried.
And for good reason. The necessary line between the public and the private has always been a tough one to draw. At two former family-owned newspapers with top reputations, chain ownership hasn't eliminated good journalism, but it has brought culture clashes and some disturbing changes. The end of the cold war, media concentration, shorter public attention spans - those and other factors have led to a decline in the amount and quality of coverage of the world. It doesn't have to be that way.