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Monday Note / Frederic Filloux / May 29, 2018
“Publishers can’t have both ways; people paying for content should be spared advertising, period. OK, some super-premium or branded content ads could be tolerated. Also, like it or not, consumers expect flexibility in their expense allocations. They hate the idea of being hooked with no exit. And always, many digital publications have unbearable technical flaws. Fact is, the most robust growth in subscription segments are from news outlets that invest the most in technology.”
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