Eh if we had benevolent entities funding journalism at a loss we'd all be far, far better for it.
We got Fox/CNN etc because journalism in service to advertisers = clickbait.
At this point, I think we can codify this: Journalism + Ad-Supported-Model = Clickbait.
Good journalism coming from firms which advertise is by accident. Like a broken clock being right twice a day.
I love subscription journalism because you're not playing the clickbait game.
There is no future for journalism in ad supported models. Plenty of future for infotainment, heck, infotainment masquerading as journalism might just take it all over, but journalism will certainly not be a part of that fold.
We got Fox/CNN etc because journalism in service to advertisers = clickbait.
At this point, I think we can codify this: Journalism + Ad-Supported-Model = Clickbait.
Good journalism coming from firms which advertise is by accident. Like a broken clock being right twice a day.
I love subscription journalism because you're not playing the clickbait game.
There is no future for journalism in ad supported models. Plenty of future for infotainment, heck, infotainment masquerading as journalism might just take it all over, but journalism will certainly not be a part of that fold.