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YurgenJurgensenyesterday at 1:56 PM3 repliesview on HN

In the olden days, those people wrote for things we called ‘magazines’. Without infinite free content at people’s fingertips, actually paying for curated content will likely make a comeback.


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Aurornisyesterday at 3:19 PM

Magazines primarily make money through advertising.

Even that “curated” content is often the result of a company’s PR professionals sending free gear for review and possibly wining and dining the writers.

justapassengeryesterday at 2:05 PM

You do realize that sponsored stories aren’t modern invention? Magazines were full of it too, sometimes disclosed, most often not.

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mc32yesterday at 2:04 PM

It’s a bit harder to find stuff in a magazine that helps troubleshoot a water pump at night…

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