• lud@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    News has never historically been free, only recently through the web and founded by ads.

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        10 months ago

        How much money do you think they would have made if they gave away all their content for free.

        News is pretty expensive.

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          10 months ago

          You mean the world renowned, universally known news agency in America owned by billionaires?

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            10 months ago

            I am not familiar with who owns who in the USA. I do know that news wouldn’t get made if no one wanted to pay for it.