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Newspapers were always funded mostly by ads. You could argue that internet ads are worse than print ads because tracking, but I don't see that argument here. Ne
by jessaustin 5y ago
Newspapers were always funded mostly by ads. You could argue that internet ads are worse than print ads because tracking, but I don't see that argument here. Newspaper headlines, particularly on the front page, have always been designed to catch the eye. Cable news has many of the same features.
- Clubber 5y agoClassifieds were a big portion of income. Craigslist effectively killed that in the mid 90s. It's been a slow steady decline to stay solvent. They had to switch to the "print what your audience wants to read," type of infotainment. Emotion, particularly fear is very effective to keep asses in seats (and eyes on screens). I occasionally like to go back 10 years or so and read some of the ridiculous fear mongering of the time, now that it's well out of context. https://www.minnpost.com/business/2014/02/how-craigslist-killed-newspapers-golden-goose/ https://www.minnpost.com/business/2014/02/how-craigslist-kil...