I think in some ways the horse has left the barn. To force them to break up, I'm not sure.... There's not much left there.
I look at the newsroom I used to work in, the Ottawa Citizen. Back in 1990, they had 190 people in their newsroom. Today there are fewer than 20.
I think I would err more on the side of asking what we can do to create an environment for viable competitors, new digital start-ups. There are some that are effective models we could look at. Are there ways to encourage more of that?
I think creating opportunities for real competitors is probably a more viable way to do this than trying to breathe life into semi-comatose traditional newsrooms in many cases.