The prominence of Thomson Reuters, which earns the majority of its revenue from electronic databases rather than printed books or journals, among publishers is a clear example of the way mergers and digital media are affecting the publishing industry, because .

- Thomson Reuters doesn't rely on printed books as its main source of revenue .

Explanation:

As per the question, the mergers as well as digital media is affecting the the publishing industry is validated through 'Thomson Reuters not relying on printed books as his sources of revenue'. This example substantiates the claim that major source of revenue for people has been switched to electronic databases as people find them more convenient and compatible as compared to printed materials. This provides the validity to the claim that how much affect that digital media has created on the publishing industry due to which it is suffering a major downfall.

explanation:

the answer its b i got it right when i did it trust

its c because its his point of view