When news organizations try to
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2025 3:49 am
Instead of getting worked up about the mixture of news and advertising, readers should be happy that stories that actually contain some insight still slip through the cracks every now and then. If they're already getting the goods for free, they can be expected to put in the effort to be able to differentiate.
What is free costs money, what is burnt is less poland rcs data digestible than a well-cooked meal; it can't be that difficult to differentiate between them.
One way to build trust is through transparency. create a grey area in the dark rooms of editorial meetings, "internal processes" and short official channels between the advertising department and the editorial office, they are trying to make the reader look stupid. And that can't end well.
Because even the reader who consumes for free is paying with their attention and, on the Internet, with a lot of personal data. And media organizations use that in turn to make advertisers popular and to spend money on them. If the reader feels cheated and no longer has any trust, they stop reading. Business model broken.
What is free costs money, what is burnt is less poland rcs data digestible than a well-cooked meal; it can't be that difficult to differentiate between them.
One way to build trust is through transparency. create a grey area in the dark rooms of editorial meetings, "internal processes" and short official channels between the advertising department and the editorial office, they are trying to make the reader look stupid. And that can't end well.
Because even the reader who consumes for free is paying with their attention and, on the Internet, with a lot of personal data. And media organizations use that in turn to make advertisers popular and to spend money on them. If the reader feels cheated and no longer has any trust, they stop reading. Business model broken.