Do people really pay for news?
Is there a revenue modal for news that appeals to users? I hear a lot of complaints, including from PG, that subscriptions are a pain to manage, yet it is the most widely used.
Would a pay-per-article work better or would it repel users? People are paying for news - less and less - every year. I think a "pay-per-article" may have worked better 10 years ago, I can't even justify paying for great newspapers anymore.. It's a race to the bottom, where the only real money will come from advertisers. > People are paying for news - less and less - every year. This is only true of print. Digital subscriptions are growing[1], and the national newspapers in the US (WaPo, NYT, LAT) are doing well financially. They're growing and hiring. Digital subscriptions exploded after Trump was elected. 1. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/06/01/circulation-... News? No. Journalism? Yes. stock market traders pay thousands for services like Bloomberg