The financial times is doing well and has a better model IMO: expensive with a professional audience, not the general public.

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TheCraiggers 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> professional audience, not the general public.

Yeah but that doesn't help when the entire purpose, when what we need, is an informed general populace.

	▲	boondongle 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Keep in mind, our parents (age specific) and/or their parents parents paid for news and didn't question that setup. Advertisors then went there because that's where the eyeballs were. What we're seeing is that left to their own devices and lacking a war or famine to force behavior change people would rather cut their news source in favor of fluff. It's not something the market will solve. The post 1940's US Media landscape was a direct reaction to multiple, non-contained wars in short succession. The political class doesn't feel they've "lost" control in a long time hence no urgency to fix it. In a lot of cases we're seeing Advertising warp and destroy the industries they provide money to. It's not evil, just that industries start to invert whether the people or the advertisors matter.
	▲	kemitchell 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Sadly, I fully expect to see the cover price of The Economist reach twice the federal minimum wage. If the Fed goes back to cutting rates, it could be soon.
	▲	learingsci 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Access to information is not a solution to that. You can’t educate people who refuse to learn.

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culi 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Financial Times has shocked me many times over on the quality of its reporting compared to other outlets. Even media critic Noam Chomsky says FT is often an exception in western biases

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1over137 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The Noam Chomsky who told Epstein "I’m really fantasizing about the Caribbean island.", or a different one? /s

	▲	culi an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Chomsky the propaganda theorist, 8th most cited academic of all time, author of over 100 books, and person who misjudged the character of Epstein—as many did. You know you're taking that quote out of context. I don't defend Chomsky's misjudgements but I think it's important to state there's been zero evidence in the Epstein leaks of any sexual or illegal favors happening between the two This Guardian article from yesterday gives a complete overview of all the links found: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/03/epstein-file...

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abcxyz1234 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You mean Epstein confidant, Cambodian genocide denier Noam Chomsky? Not exactly a ringing endorsement of the paper.

	▲	culi an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, Chomsky, the propaganda theorist, 8th most cited academic of all time, author of over 100 books, and person who misjudged the character of Epstein—as many did.

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rtkwe 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I don't think that's a useful model for a "paper of record" model like the NYT or formerly Washington Post. There's so much good to be had with a strong paper that isn't captured by it's ownership.

	▲	einpoklum 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> for a "paper of record" model like the NYT NYT being a "paper of record" is something of a delusion of grandeur.

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steveBK123 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Business news still has paying customers, its everyone else that is flailing