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The problem is that sports and national news is super cheap and easy. You just pick and choose a few articles from AP that sell across the country. Investigativ
by LeifCarrotson 8y ago
The problem is that sports and national news is super cheap and easy. You just pick and choose a few articles from AP that sell across the country. Investigative journalism is expensive, local journalism has a tiny audience which makes it expensive.
Would you pay the same amount for a newspaper that only had the current quantity of local and investigative news? Or would you pay a lot more for one that had the desired amounts?
It's like lamenting that your burger has a thin beef patty, a mountain of fries and a large soda that's half ice: you paid $5 for the meal, plus the overhead, they can't put $4 worth of beef in it so it's mostly filler.
Also, Lugnuts drool. Whitecaps rule!
- rmason 8y agoYes they're defaulting to easy and putting out an inferior product. I'm willing to pay the same for a smaller paper that contains more of what I want. More importantly could you double or triple the number of subscribers? I don't have an easy way of knowing for sure unless someone tries it. They could have fewer ads but charge more for them if they can get more subscribers in the 18-36 range. I admit with the economics of actually printing the paper it might make more financial sense to go entirely digital. Sadly I haven't seen anyone do that successfully.