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There are two choices here: 1. Create an elite only product that’s way too expensive for the general public. 2. Subsidize the costs of the newsroom with some

There are two choices here: 1. Create an elite only product that’s way too expensive for the general public. 2. Subsidize the costs of the newsroom with some form of advertising. There’s several of different forms that can take. That’s the trade off. You can make it but there really is a need for ad supported reporting. For what it’s worth I’ve been in this business 15 years and can’t name a single incident of your influence scenario. I can’t speak to every outlet in the world but this is not a thing that happens.

aucisson_masque 1y ago
> For what it’s worth I’ve been in this business 15 years and can’t name a single incident of your influence scenario. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_proprietor https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_proprietor Its mostly a business with very little profit, why all these wealthy men buy more and more newspapers ? Media is the third power after politician and justice, it’s a well known fact. And they don’t need to intervene directly, the lead editor in these companies just know that there are some subject he shouldn’t speak about or speak in a specific way if he wants to keep his job, get bonus, etc. Believing it doesn’t interfere with the editorial line is naive, they wouldn’t build empire of news media if they couldn’t benefit from it.