that was back before ad blocking was common though. The news sites used to make all their money from inline ads but you have to have so much more traffic to make the same amount these days and there’s exponentially more competition.
Comment on the internet is worse.
sbg@lemmy.world 8 months agoFair point. I don’t mean to suggest that authors don’t deserve to be paid for their work. And while the article discusses Google and Amazon’s attempts to manipulate online behavior to drive up their profits, I remember a time when paywalls were a rare exception rather than the rule while reading articles online.
CubbyTustard@reddthat.com 8 months ago
Maeve@kbin.social 8 months ago
Yt is complaining about adblocker not being allowed. Waiting for disable unless you whitelist
Copernican@lemmy.world 8 months ago
That’s because there was a time when everyone had print subscriptions that were healthy, and the internet just gave them extra money for ads. When you start losing subscribers because everyone is looking at your shit online for free, you learn you need to charge for it.
bandario@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Is anyone actually paying for it though?
Don’t get me wrong, actual journalists deserve a great wage. I just haven’t seen much of it worth paying for in recent years. Real journalists get locked up and it looks like the rest took that threat very seriously. I’m not going to pay money to read corporate puff pieces and controlled opposition.
ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The Atlantic often does long, in-depth stories and has proven to be a very reliable source. Their journalists have proven themselves in getting some great sources. Just in the last couple of weeks admissions by John Kelley and Gen Milley have proven stories The Atlantic broke 2 years ago with anonymous sources were accurate and credible.
Copernican@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The Atlantic is a pretty reputable source. And I think there’s a difference between subscribing to news for news reporting like the New York Times, The Guardian, etc, vs subscribing to magazine like the Atlantic, New Yorker, or New Republic that will give you more political commentary and analysis. Both have a role to play and both need subscribers.