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Subscriptions were never the only revenue source for newspapers. They have always had ads.
by imgabe 7y ago
Subscriptions were never the only revenue source for newspapers. They have always had ads.
- Fnoord 7y agoThere was a time when subscriptions had little to no ads, and ads were clearly marked as such. Now we have ads all over the place, videos autoplaying, and "influencers" (read: shady salesmen). Now, before "the internet" (read: its commercial, world-wide success), in-depth research was costly, and it could not be copied easily. Newspapers had a reputation to hold up. It was easier to compete on information. Now the competition is much more fierce, and many people make/share news gratis, so it ends up competing with "free" is difficult. As for NYT, there's some good people working there like Runa Sandvik, but I guess it works like every large news organization...