If you're ad-supported but haven't built an audience, you're in deep trouble.

Sources:
(0:05) Yahoo Finance.
(0:10) “N.Y. Times Scales Back Free Articles to Get More Subscribers,” Bloomberg, December 2017. https://bloom.bg/2jBxdBG
(0:10) The New York Times.
(0:14) Form 10-K, The New York Times, February 2018. http://bit.ly/2DanslT
(0:35) Edelman, 2018.
(0:40) “Trust In The News,” Kantar, October 2017. http://bit.ly/2Fkriyw
(1:00) Companies’ News Sites, March 2018.
(1:10) “The Boston Globe Is Getting Smarter About Digital Subscriptions — And Tightening Up Its Paywall,” Nieman Lab, May 2017. http://bit.ly/2rVRdFw
(1:13) “BuzzFeed Is Losing Website Traffic As Readers Head For More Traditional News Sites,” recode, November 2017. http://bit.ly/2BsiKiI
(1:27) “Rebels Remaking Video & Business,” Andrew A. Rosen, January 2018. http://bit.ly/2ttO3un
(1:54) “Forbes Will Pay All Of Its Contributors, But Purge The Worst,” The Wall Street Journal, February 2018. http://on.wsj.com/2BZxM3S

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Episode 165