Does journalism's past hold clues to nonprofits' futures?

The last fifteen years have been hard on journalism.

• Revenue models have been upended.
• Readers rely on digital platforms that introduce a slew of liminal factors that shape how we see the news.
• Public policy about media ownership has changed significantly.
• Alternatives to expensive, well-sourced news, abound.

While the entrants under each of the above bullets would be different, trends seem to be heading in the same direction for nonprofits.

• Revenue models changing
• Demands for increasing earned revenue.
• Rise of social enterprise and impact investing
• Liminal factors
• Social media and online challenges
• Changing news environment
• Public policy
• Brady Amendment to HR1; executive order on Johnson Amendment
• FCC pulling plug on net neutrality
• Alternatives
• Big donors mixing charitable, political and investing via LLCs
• Small donors using crowdfunding platforms

Maybe its just the categories of change that seem similar. Maybe the trends themselves, or the impact they have, will be different.