I did so for years, scraping university press releases, obscure government data (like the Federal Register), jail/prison rosters, Reddit posts/comments/users et

I did so for years, scraping university press releases, obscure government data (like the Federal Register), jail/prison rosters, Reddit posts/comments/users etc. Companies like LexusNexus have been doing it for far longer than the digital world, offering it as a clipping service. If you can find a niche, it can be a regular subscription income stream.