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dan1101@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I read an article that suggests classified ads used to support newspapers and hard journalism, and the Internet and sites like Craigslist took away that revenue to pay reporters.

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ominouslemon@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Yep that’s pretty much how it went. Also print ads have lost against digital ads, which pay way less money to publishers and keep paying less each year

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echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I don’t know though things like the daily mail will rags even back in the 90s. Those people will never journalists.

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