We absolutely need local papers, they're critical to uncovering the kind of small-town corruption that won't make the national news but still greatly impacts people.
We can't seem to support this many journalists anymore - because FB and Google suck up the advertising revenue.
Would breaking up big tech also bring back the local news room? That would be such a bonus.
It’s not just ad revenue - substack has taken the best writers too.
The quality of writing on substack is magnitudes better than what’s available on NYT. I’m not sure if NYT was always this bad and the internet just revealed them or if they degraded, but their product is not very good. Other papers have a similar issue.
We can't seem to support this many journalists anymore - because FB and Google suck up the advertising revenue.
Would breaking up big tech also bring back the local news room? That would be such a bonus.