• dan1101@lemmy.world
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      3 days 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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        2 days ago

        I don’t know though papers like the daily mail will rags even back in the 90s. Those people will never journalists.

      • ominouslemon@sh.itjust.works
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        3 days 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