How a CMS Affects the Content In It

Here’s an interesting article: In the Shadow of the CMS

First, it’s an article about CMS for non-CMS people, which is rare.

Second, it reflects on the idea that CMSs are affecting the content that goes in them, and are therefore having an affect on the media the public consumes.

[…] a free, convenient paywall CMS could make new kinds of coverage possible on a small scale. In the meantime, readers will have to decide which corporate CMSs are most acceptable. The CMS that a publication relies on could influence the kind of content it decides to publish.