Interesting quote re the media
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Kevin Williamson joined The Dispatch as of today. In his opening piece, he had this to say:
Rage drives clicks. Quality drives subscriptions. And our business model is based on subscriptions, not clicks.
And that is why I am here.
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Kevin Williamson joined The Dispatch as of today. In his opening piece, he had this to say:
Rage drives clicks. Quality drives subscriptions. And our business model is based on subscriptions, not clicks.
And that is why I am here.
@jon-nyc said in Interesting quote re the media:
Kevin Williamson joined The Dispatch as of today. In his opening piece, he had this to say:
Rage drives clicks. Quality drives subscriptions. And our business model is based on subscriptions, not clicks.
And that is why I am here.
And the implication is that National Review worked on clicks.
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Well, it went subscription too. I don’t really know what’s happened to it since everything is now behind a paywall. I used to read it pretty regularly
@jon-nyc said in Interesting quote re the media:
Well, it went subscription too. I don’t really know what’s happened to it since everything is now behind a paywall. I used to read it pretty regularly
See, there's the fundamental problem with paywalls, though. You read the National Review on a regular basis before. While you are generally center-left, you did read these articles to balance out your world view. The subscription model ultimately leads to even larger echo chambers...
Stere still needs to be anther solution.
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@jon-nyc said in Interesting quote re the media:
Well, it went subscription too. I don’t really know what’s happened to it since everything is now behind a paywall. I used to read it pretty regularly
See, there's the fundamental problem with paywalls, though. You read the National Review on a regular basis before. While you are generally center-left, you did read these articles to balance out your world view. The subscription model ultimately leads to even larger echo chambers...
Stere still needs to be anther solution.
Well, I subscribe to The Dispatch since it’s founding and it’s center right. That’s probably the main reason I don’t think to sign up for NR.
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@jon-nyc said in Interesting quote re the media:
Well, it went subscription too. I don’t really know what’s happened to it since everything is now behind a paywall. I used to read it pretty regularly
See, there's the fundamental problem with paywalls, though. You read the National Review on a regular basis before. While you are generally center-left, you did read these articles to balance out your world view. The subscription model ultimately leads to even larger echo chambers...
Stere still needs to be anther solution.
But I agree with your point. Most people resist reading well-argued viewpoints contrary to their own even when it’s free. Very few are willing to pay for it.
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But I agree with your point. Most people resist reading well-argued viewpoints contrary to their own even when it’s free. Very few are willing to pay for it.
@jon-nyc said in Interesting quote re the media:
But I agree with your point. Most people resist reading well-argued viewpoints contrary to their own even when it’s free. Very few are willing to pay for it.
That's why it makes sense to have a "90% paywall" policy: You make some articles free.