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points by Analemma_ 2 days ago | 0 comments

Salon has always been pure opinion/analysis pieces though, they never had a newsroom. They never had much of a moat beyond getting talented people to write thinkpieces for them, and the internet has just inflated the supply of thinkpieces to the point of 0 cost.

[–] twoodfin 2 days ago

There’s still a supply of opinion & analysis writing that people will pay for, but Salon and similar online publications got disintermediated for it by Substack.

[–] saimiam 2 days ago

And not just Substack.

Most people can get their celebrity news straight from that celebrity’s insta feed. Unless you’re TMZ breaking the juiciest news about celebrities, you can’t compete with that.

Big newspapers early in the internet age tried explain why journalism was needed - to explain the story behind the story - and that was the correct move, imho.

[–] ricardobeat 2 days ago

It’s not journalism anymore, is it? At what point does it become pure PR/propaganda if your news come directly from the subject?

[–] skinfaxi 2 days ago

Yeah my thoughts went to Matt Levine, who is so popular you can subscribe directly to his posts for free without paying for a Bloomberg subscription.