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by gamechangr 3257 days ago
People are paying for news - less and less - every year.

I think a "pay-per-article" may have worked better 10 years ago, I can't even justify paying for great newspapers anymore..

It's a race to the bottom, where the only real money will come from advertisers.

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> People are paying for news - less and less - every year.

This is only true of print. Digital subscriptions are growing[1], and the national newspapers in the US (WaPo, NYT, LAT) are doing well financially. They're growing and hiring. Digital subscriptions exploded after Trump was elected.

1. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/06/01/circulation-...