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Why is the base assumption here that journalists be the ones to pay for this?

• DANmode 3y ago
  Stakeholder theory? You (we?) are some of the minority of humans that value journalism. Unfortunately.
• DANmode 3y ago
  Said another way: you're already paying for it - at least subsidizing it - by being underpaid. Wouldn't you like to be in control of it for your troubles?
  • chaps 3y ago
    ...you're greatly missing the point that none of us have any money to invest.
    • DANmode 3y ago
      That, I understand better than most here. What did it really cost to start The Intercept, though? Salaries aside - or not. What can be done with new tech that makes publishing cheaper than ever?
      • mikeyouse 3y ago
        The Intercept was bankrolled by a billionaire who committed $250 million to his journalism efforts while it got off the ground... https://pressthink.org/2013/10/why-pierre-omidyar-decided-to-join-forces-with-glenn-greenwald-for-a-new-venture-in-news/ https://pressthink.org/2013/10/why-pierre-omidyar-decided-to...
        • DANmode 3y ago
          Is that what it really costs to forge a new, worthwhile publication?
          • mikeyouse 3y ago
            Who knows -- but that's what it really cost to forge the new, worthwhile publication you used as an example..
      • afavour 3y ago
        > What can be done with new tech that makes publishing cheaper than ever? Nothing. IMO that’s all been done: replacing the printing presses with the internet made it incredibly cheap to publish journalism. Producing journalism, however, remains a solidly human task that resists automation. And every time anyone tries the result is notably inferior.