What is journalism worth?

What is journalism worth? That’s the question journalism managers and entrepreneurs have been trying to figure out ever since it became clear, years ago, that the Internet was disrupting local publishing monopolies.

And so we’ve endured years of conference panels, email exchanges, and blog posts about paywalls and paid content strategies, as publishers try to figure out exactly how much people are now willing to pay for news content.

Lost in this is the realization that people have been telling us - for generations - how much they’re willing to pay for news.

Spoiler alert: It ain’t much.

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    At least in Western democracies, citizens largely view news as “free” because it’s supposed to be a public service. Just...
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    Don’t forget that somehow, papers really get a lot of money out of the publicity they make. I’m not really into e-news,...
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    Spoiler alert: It ain’t much.
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