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Inside.com recently raised $2.6 million from SeedInvest, Jason Calacanis, and “hundreds of our readers” to keep the growth going (but not relying on reader revenue).
“The model is designed to reward engagement and loyalty. We think those things are the currency of publishing in the future, that relationship with the consumer. The better you do at that, the better you do under Scroll.”
“We’re not the enemy. This is a really shitty industry for writers.”
Its new Wirecutter Money vertical is the Times’ latest attempt to broaden its revenue base beyond its core news product.
Major news sites in seven countries averaged 81 third-party cookies per page, compared to 12 for other popular websites.
The head of a digital publishers’ trade association argues that Facebook can’t rebuild trust while continuing data practices that track its users all across the Internet — and beyond.
This is a golden age of American protest. It’s time to stand up and fight the vulture owners hollowing out local news.
Does he really want to take on becoming the great consolidator of the American press, conquering once-mighty Gannett? Or will he exit the field — richer, but his ambitions humbled?