Media companies old and new are perpetually rethinking their beats, though their motivations may vary.


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Chris Ip is a CJR Delacorte Fellow. Follow him on Twitter at @chrisiptw.

This story was published in the November/December 2014 issue of CJR with the headline, "New beats."