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Originally Posted by jimmycooper
Have you heard of these little things called newspapers and magazines?
The vast majority of all np/mag online content is supported by ad revenue. The WSJ can get away with a pay model because the WSJ is the WSJ. The NYT just implemented a digital subscription model last summer ( see here) and it seems to be working this time, but their last attempt to do so with TimesSelect was widely regarded as a complete and utter failure.
In case you weren't aware, writing for such publications requires an impressive college degree. IE, not from just some shit college. And then once they get the job, journalists with advanced degrees from Ivy League schools have to essentially compete for airtime with uneducated snarky bloggers while scrapers are ripping their content.
Here are bunch of other sites where ad revenue has replaced product revenue.
http://www.iac.com/Our-Businesses/
Did you know that once upon a time people used to have to actually go to the store to buy a Thesaurus? Crazy stuff.
Anyway, I suggest that you should try to either write less or be smarter. |
If you re-read my post you should see that I stated "it depends on the product being sold" and "...it's going to hurt your sales of
that product". Obviously there is a significant difference between a thesaurus and porn. Obviously if your revenue model is ad based you are not directly selling paysites any longer.
The shills and ass kissers can say what they want but take a look at the industry and compare it to what it was like in 1999. Compare Go Fuck Yourself now to what it was a decade ago. Look around you. Look at your own bottom line. For most of you the scumbags (theives) handing out for free what you used to sell have only hurt you. But for some of you here up is down and left is right. This industry hasn't came to the point it is now because most of you are Mensa candidates.