> Originally, newspapers were very profitable That’s news to me. And without advertising, sales and subscriptions have never covered the cost, and advertising

> Originally, newspapers were very profitable That’s news to me. And without advertising, sales and subscriptions have never covered the cost, and advertising has a strong effect on what is published, or more often, what is not. Belloc describes this in his book “The Free Press” [0]. [0] https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18018 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18018