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I think for me, the problem is that each producer only has some "news" that is of interest to me. I might see one really good NYT article per month and somethin

I think for me, the problem is that each producer only has some "news" that is of interest to me. I might see one really good NYT article per month and something else in the New Yorker, Guardian etc. If I pay for a subscription then I am committed to reading more of it, even if not interesting, otherwise I might as well just dip into lots of sites like I do. TBH even some trade magazines are just as tedious even though they cover my interests in theory. I think someone mentioned a few years back about the need for good news aggregation. You pay, e.g. $20/month for access to lots of articles and the aggregator takes a small cut and then pays the publishes of the best articles. That should at least allow the big publishers to stop producing garbage since no-one will want to read it and also push them to work out what articles have good value. The obvious political slant of some is also another issue but I don't have time to discuss that now...

dredmorbius 4y ago
That issue is ... less a factor with a good publisher: - Much material is rehashing of the same underlying content. - This is especially the case of reviews, where the real item is the content being reviewed --- a video series, film, music, book, dramtic performance, etc. - All the lifestyle stuff (sport, real estate, entertainment, "home", "life", "style", "fashion", etc.) is essentially advertising under editorial guise. - So is much of "Business", unfortunately. That leaves local, regional, national, and global news, politics, a fraction of business coverage, and perhaps science and technology. Several of those are best treated as specific domains where a specialist publication would better serve you. I would like a local publication that actually addressed local issues. I'm finding this increasingly and quite frustratingly difficult to find.

dredmorbius 4y ago

That issue is ... less a factor with a good publisher: - Much material is rehashing of the same underlying content. - This is especially the case of reviews, where the real item is the content being reviewed --- a video series, film, music, book, dramtic performance, etc. - All the lifestyle stuff (sport, real estate, entertainment, "home", "life", "style", "fashion", etc.) is essentially advertising under editorial guise. - So is much of "Business", unfortunately. That leaves local, regional, national, and global news, politics, a fraction of business coverage, and perhaps science and technology. Several of those are best treated as specific domains where a specialist publication would better serve you. I would like a local publication that actually addressed local issues. I'm finding this increasingly and quite frustratingly difficult to find.