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mcmcmcyesterday at 7:37 PM2 repliesview on HN

If people don’t want to pay, then they don’t actually value the news. I pay for publications that I trust and want to continue reading.

The key is finding a niche where the news organization can produce quality reporting that people actually value. “Free News” is just another ad business.


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kanelincolnyesterday at 8:04 PM

Do you think that the desire to pay for a thing is the only indicator of whether that thing is valued? If not, what do you mean by "[people] don't actually value the news"?

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troupoyesterday at 7:51 PM

Significantly fewer people would pay for objective reporting than for, say, Fox News.

Partly because Fox News would be much cheaper.