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When I realized how many news stories were paid placements, I refused to be billed to read them.
by 57FkMytWjyFu 2y ago
When I realized how many news stories were paid placements, I refused to be billed to read them.
- dredmorbius 2y agoWhy do you think that is, and how might you suggest reducing their incidence?
- lunarmony 2y agomulti-tier payment structures (subscription + ads + paid placements) are very common for most news industry players..
- dredmorbius 2y agoThere's also the Economist as I've noted many times, which has a three-tier support: subscriptions, ads, and bespoke consulting through the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). That not only provides multiple funding legs, but also strongly incentivises robust journalism as the publication is effectively an advertisement for the EIU's reports (many of which contribute to substantive reports in print).