>how is ["Imo journalists should be allowed and should (honestly I don't know if they are or not, probably not) repost their stories on their own personal websites."] any different than saying a programmer should be able to keep code they wrote at a company? You don't own it.

Fourth Estate and Public Interest. Journalism and programming in most cases serve different needs. Journalism serves the public interest (in theory).

Less life-and-death with music journalism, but it's still culturally important.

Although tbh, in the case of games and programming of critical importance (safety of life, elections, healthcare, large-scale finance) and cultural importance (games) I wouldn't be against a set of industry-specific regulations that stop the source code being effectively obliterated. Keep it like classified country secrets, consider declassifying it after 30 years.