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Gees, I thought he was one of their top reporters
Gees, I thought he was one of their top reporters
Attempting to survive on paywalls in 2020 is not a smart strategy.
Pre-pandemic, the Athletic was one of the few bright spots of growth in a sports media world rife with contraction and layoffs. What is your alternative to subscription-based professional media? Google ads?
This place. If it's worth knowing, it'll show up here.Pre-pandemic, the Athletic was one of the few bright spots of growth in a sports media world rife with contraction and layoffs. What is your alternative to subscription-based professional media? Google ads?
There are tons of sports journalism outlets killing it without paywalls. Most adapting to the times and gaining revenue with sponsorships, merchandise, and CPM doing much more than just writing for print.Pre-pandemic, the Athletic was one of the few bright spots of growth in a sports media world rife with contraction and layoffs. What is your alternative to subscription-based professional media? Google ads?
There are tons of sports journalism outlets killing it without paywalls. Most adapting to the times and gaining revenue with sponsorships, merchandise, and CPM doing much more than just writing for print.
Paywalls aren't saving print journalism. It’s not making better content. It’s certainly not keeping journalists from being laid off.
Having a paywall in 2020 is simply acting like the incredible freelance content that comes from the internet no longer exists and the competition has evaporated. Sadly, too many publishers are in denial about the present state of print journalism.
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Good for him for catching up to the times of how printjourn is supported.
Except the fact that now his work is open to the public for free and if anyone wishes to support him, and only him, they can.There is nothing more advanced about soliciting Patreon donors than soliciting readers to purchase a subscription.