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KamaAina

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8. If I had figured out a way to fund news outlets, I'd have my own startup.

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #7)

Tue Nov 19, 2013, 04:36 PM

Nov 2013

Something funded by a percentage of hookup fees, like the fee added to the price of blank cassettes, distributed based on clicks (with some protections in place against bots), maybe.

The office I am in subscribes to the dead-trees version. Does that give me a way to access it from my desk? If not, why not?

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San Jose's cat box liner is going down the paywall road [View all] KamaAina Nov 2013 OP

Maybe if they had someone like Gary Webb working there? reddread Nov 2013 #1

Correct-a-mundo. KamaAina Nov 2013 #2

The Milwaukee Urinal/Sentinel makes you buy a subscription for over 15 articles a month ... Scuba Nov 2013 #3

Sweet! KamaAina Nov 2013 #5

The fact is you HAVE to have the traditional media for sources for news duffyduff Nov 2013 #4

I subscribe to my local paper but it's pressed pretty thin. How to fix this, I don't know. hunter Nov 2013 #6

What exactly is your objection to a paywall? brooklynite Nov 2013 #7

If I had figured out a way to fund news outlets, I'd have my own startup. KamaAina Nov 2013 #8

From the Mercury website brooklynite Nov 2013 #9