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I do not condone the practice of selling out user data, but what can traditional print journalism do to stay profitable ? Print readership is down, online subs
by mataug 7y ago
I do not condone the practice of selling out user data, but what can traditional print journalism do to stay profitable ?
Print readership is down, online subscriptions aren't bringing in enough revenue, people want their news for free. So someone's gotta pay for this ?
Maybe bundles are a good way to encourage people to subscribe and pay for quality journalism ?
- svnpenn 7y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22126084 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22126084
- npsimons 7y agoWe need to pay better attention. Things like The Correspondant come along (https://thecorrespondent.com/ https://thecorrespondent.com/), and they're lucky if they succeed. I threw some money at them specifically because of the problems of today's news (ads and bad journalism). I wouldn't entirely be opposed to microtransactions, and I already send money to people on Patreon. ETA: I pay probably half a dozen services to eschew ads. I've been paying Consumer Reports for years for online access. I feel that if you can't figure out a way to make money without screwing over your customers (with ads or invasion of privacy), your business deserves to die in a fire, the sooner the better.