Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After the acquisition this week of East Africa's biggest media outfit by a politically well connected billionaire businessman, questions are being asked about the future of independent journalism in the region.

News outlets are in a tough spot, which is why we often want billionaires to buy them. Now we see the downside, too. They are brutal for the paper's readers, who lose crucial coverage like sports and international reporting.