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this seems to be an awful trend I am noticing more and more. Clickbait title and no substance in the article.

• bjelkeman-again 12y ago
  Good journalism is expensive compared to what we are seeing in this trend. We have to figure out a way to either lift the "casual journalist" into the limelight, or find a way to pay for good journalism. Or maybe a bit of both. It seems that the really good media companies aren't going away, but most of the others are struggling. I don't look forward to having only a few good media outlets dominate, so we need fix that.
  • briandear 12y ago
    Maybe if these news outlets didn't make their reading experience, especially on mobile, a JavaScript advertising cacophony of cluttered hell, then I might consider clicking some ads to support the publication. Since every pixel has been whored out in the service of very low quality advertising, I don't much care anymore. Imagine if publications went to simply one discrete ad per page. They could charge a much higher CPM and piss readers off less. Drudge did it that way for years and his site makes millions. I hate all of that Taboola link bait 'recommended for you' crap. Does that really make money for the website? I can't imagine it would, at least not much.
    • bjelkeman-again 12y ago
      The best way IMHO how to do this right is actually the Economist, which in the iPad app has not very intrusive ads. Also the website is pretty good for this.