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I'm kind of curious how many people would pay a monthly or annual subscription fee for a "newspaper" that came out in electronic and/or premium print format onl
by justindz 18y ago
I'm kind of curious how many people would pay a monthly or annual subscription fee for a "newspaper" that came out in electronic and/or premium print format only to subscribers, published an edition whenever the hell it had enough to publish it and contained hardcore journalism geared towards ending waste, fraud and abuse and informing the public of bad actors.
It would be pirated, but the pirates would always get it a little bit later and the print copy would be ad free. Some kind of premium channel blog service would let subscribers follow the work of the journalist, side notes, follow-up ideas, etc. up to the point where it's not compromising the integrity of the work.
Something like that. I'm eager for any ideas people have that will get the civic activism back in newspapers and kick the cruft out. I don't think they actually need to come out on a fixed schedule and I really don't think they need to cover lifestyle, sports and other things the way they do now. They need to focus on stuff that's not easily duplicated and they need to take their time really kicking some ass. The Internet can pick stuff up from there and expand the impact.
- RobertL 18y agoWaste, fraud and abuse and not informing the public of bad actors is a great way to describe the "traditional" news product (i.e. AP, CNN, New York Times, etc.). This isn't just about technology. These guys have serious content problems also.