• lud@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    News has never historically been free, only recently through the web and founded by ads.

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        1 year ago

        How much money do you think they would have made if they gave away all their content for free.

        News is pretty expensive.

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          1 year ago

          You mean the world renowned, universally known news agency in America owned by billionaires?

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            1 year ago

            I am not familiar with who owns who in the USA. I do know that news wouldn’t get made if no one wanted to pay for it.

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      1 year ago

      True, but just look at how much better it has gotten in the last couple decades. Putting the news behind the paywall runs the risk of ending the battle for impressions and might force nuance into well researched stories.