[n_morningstar26]

Today I was watching a documentary in CNBC - how 70+ local news outlets/ community news outlets shut down in 2020 itself. Reason being the source of revenue for these companies are chucked up by big3. It is a noble cause Good Luck Angela and Jed.

[jedwhite]

As media companies lose revenue (both circulation and ads) they get more desperate, and so they start doing things that damage their own trust and relationship with readers. The invasive and polluting ad-tech all over newspaper websites is a clear example of that. A lot of news websites are almost unusable with pop-up, pop-under, overlay and dark pattern ads, or video rolls that start without warning.

The end result is that they drive readers away faster than ever chasing after fewer and fewer crumbs.

[EDIT for typo - and thanks for well wishes too! :) ]