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[–] weariedfae@sh.itjust.works 68 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Insert picture of a modern newspaper page with 3 visible sentences of text and the rest is begging for subscriptions, sponsored content, straight up ads, and other bullshit.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Old newspapers were filled with ads too. The only thing that makes current ads obnoxious are the pop up's, video, and JavaScript tricks.

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Also, newspaper writers were paid like shit. E.A. Poe was the editor of a fairly big newspaper and a published author (though not very sucessful except for The Raven) and was still constantly on the verge of financial collapse.

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