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Loulit01 said:
CNN wants money for me to read articles on it's website. A website that already has 8 million ads and sponsored junk. Screw them.
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Sometimes I wonder if there will be a tipping point where aggressive online advertising keeps print alive.
 
What? I'm not seeing that
 
If this becomes a trend I may just pull the trigger and get myself a NYT subscription.
 
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Loulit01 said:
CNN wants money for me to read articles on it's website. A website that already has 8 million ads and sponsored junk. Screw them.
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I don't pay for NYT or the Atlantic subscriptions. I'm sure as hell ain't gonna pay for CNN. I sorta wonder if maybe a better deal might be for news outlets to work with companies like Google or Meta and put together subscription packages that can be bundled with a premium version of Google/Meta/Amazon/whatever services. Kinda like cable-tv except it's for print.
 
multivita-man said:
I don't pay for NYT or the Atlantic subscriptions. I'm sure as hell ain't gonna pay for CNN. I sorta wonder if maybe a better deal might be for news outlets to work with companies like Google or Meta and put together subscription packages that can be bundled with a premium version of Google/Meta/Amazon/whatever services. Kinda like cable-tv except it's for print.
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How do you get them free?
 
Loulit01 said:
Keep reading with a CNN subscription
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Nothing CNN says is worth $1. Fractions of a penny is stretching it.
 
Loulit01 said:
How do you get them free?
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I either get an article gifted or sometimes catch a freebie. I miss certain content though. I don't really miss it, though, as I find journalism today disappointing - even some of the outlets I used to like.
 
OlNate said:
I tried going to the site today and I get a screen that asks who my cable provider is that I can't get past to view content.
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Wow......I'm having no trouble. I got the feeling from the Stelter article it was only international news. Not sure whats up
 
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Callen said:
Wow......I'm having no trouble. I got the feeling from the Stelter art8cle it was only international news. Not sure whats up
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Yeah, I think you're right. I was trying to watch a video when this occured. Now it appears I can view the site.
 
I wouldn't object to a CNN subscription too much, but they have a pretty bad bias about Israel (Much worse than Hamas), and embarrassing editing. News media has always relied on advertising to fund it, which has largely dried up. It's a national problem for our need for good media.
 
Loulit01 said:
CNN wants money for me to read articles on it's website. A website that already has 8 million ads and sponsored junk. Screw them.
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CNN is effectively on a path to hit the sea bed at some point. What did you expect?
 
OlNate said:
Yeah, I think you're right. I was trying to watch a video when this occured. Now it appears I can view the site.
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.......no doubt while scarfing KD smothered in ketchup
 
I don't do CNN but wandered over there out if curiosity. Looks like some articles are free, some accessed via subscription.
 
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