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> I wonder what the economics of a publication like this are. Are reader numbers and ad prices still good enough? They were in very bad shape just a little ove
by jolmg 8y ago
> I wonder what the economics of a publication like this are. Are reader numbers and ad prices still good enough?
They were in very bad shape just a little over a year ago. They had decided to cease publication, but got rescued by the parent company of Private Internet Access:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15826220 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15826220
I wonder if they've made changes since then and if those changes have helped increase profits.
- tyfon 8y agoI subscribed to them since the mid 90s but stopped once they went digital only. Not sure how many they lost doing that but for me at least having it on paper was the one thing that made it valuable to me as a subscription. High quality articles on different subjects regarding linux have been available online for free for quite a while.