It's the same business model. Businesses lose money every year. I know, I am one of them. The ship still stays afloat.Ronv69 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 9:12 pmNo, they are not kept afloat by subscribers and advertisers. They are LOSING 100 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.Citizen B wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 8:37 pmIt is kept afloat by subscribers who pay to read its articles. That is why it caters to a certain demographic. It also has access to Jeff Bezos' deep pockets, though I don't know interested or involved he is in daily operations. When newspapers were supported by advertisers, they had to appeal to the widest possible audience. With the new clickbait business model, it all about preaching to the converted versus providing information for people to make their own opinions.
The advertisers have changed, too. Your local supermarket is not advertising a sale on Christmas turkey in the online edition of the Washington Post.
The reason I read the Wall Street Journal is because the people who read it read it because they have money on the line, not some sense of ideological self worth.
The reason I read the paper edition of the newspaper rather than get my news online is that, this way, I cannot get spun up about anything. What I am learning about happened yesterday. The world is no different today. The news is something to know and to pay attention to, but, the news is nothing to freak out about.
What is more pleasant than reading the editorial page and pondering the world's problems while smoking a pipe?
Maybe all-caps are easier read?
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I subscribe to the local newspaper. It has the current events, high school scores, prom photos and 2.5 pages of church advertisements and religious articles. Obituaries and weddings and births. A few advertisements from people we know. The last paper had a headline. "this day, in the city of David..."
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Thank you.Ronv69 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 11:06 pmWell, if you trust the Washington Post;
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/me ... etro-cuts/
Unfortunately, it's behind a pay wall. It would be an interesting read.
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If you have an iphone and use ‘reader view’ it gets rid of the paywall on everything.arturo7 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 11:11 pmThank you.Ronv69 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 11:06 pmWell, if you trust the Washington Post;
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/me ... etro-cuts/
Unfortunately, it's behind a pay wall. It would be an interesting read.
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