Canada’s biggest newspaper chain says subsidies are for ‘welfare slackers’, but tells investors ‘government support’ is central to its business model
    • SamuelRJankis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Given the current news revenue models I don’t think it’s possible for large scale outlets to be anything but paid adverts in guise of the news. The Conservative mantra of deregulation is also going to make things worse.

      Ultimately someone will need to come up with something that pays people to deliver accurate news.

        • psvrh@lemmy.ca
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          4 months ago

          Well, since we’re just giving the money away anyways, why not give it to a public company rather than to rich shareholders and senior executives.