Medium admits it can't make money on ads. No real way around this but subs + micropayment + philanthropy. @mgsiegler https://500ish.com/long-medium-b9ddfe2c3a0a#.omdmqz9gv …pic.twitter.com/VJLSaJ8f8X
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That above is right: link-bait has given way to click-bait to slide shows to fake news what-have-you. Current model is profoundly unhealthy.
It's either dirt-cheap and useless ads (that everyone cheats on) or deep and invasive surveillance (a la FB) to target you. Often both.
Ppl must get heads round reality that adv$ is a form of subsidy & now falling away. Gen'l public never paid full $ for gen'l news @zeynep
Kinda thought they did turn of 20th century, hence the great reporting back then. E.g. Nelly Bly and Ida Tarbell.
. @zeynep Subscriber fees outstrip adv $ across mediaecon 3:1. See http://www.cmcrp.org/growth-of-the-network-media-economy-in-canada-1984-2015/ … … https://global.oup.com/academic/product/who-owns-the-worlds-media-9780199987238?cc=ca&lang=en& … … p 1054
That latter reality, however, cuts another way: magnifies inequality b/w those w/ access 2 hi qual info vs those w/o @zeynep
This is true for seemingly respectable TV media as well. Vast ad revenues but little or no investigative journalism.
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