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Summary: The Information is a subscription-only news publication covering Silicon Valley and the tech business. It has 10,000 subscribers and is a must-read for
by allenz 9y ago
Summary: The Information is a subscription-only news publication covering Silicon Valley and the tech business. It has 10,000 subscribers and is a must-read for tech elites.
Its founder, Jessica Lessin, argues that ad revenue promotes high-volume sensationalist noise, whereas subscription revenue promotes deep journalism. Lessin is running an accelerator for subscription-only science and local news: https://www.theinformation.com/announcing-the-information-accelerator https://www.theinformation.com/announcing-the-information-ac...
Others argue that B2B publications are easiest to run subscription-only. The Information provides exclusive business value such as earnings calls and org charts.
- allenz 9y agoA minor detail: "To woo [reporters], Lessin offers compensation that consists of their former base salary plus 10 percent." AB 168 recently banned this practice in California, to make salaries more equitable.
- dwaltrip 9y agoLink to the bill: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB168 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtm...