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GreatGazoo

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5. It is a complicated business but

Reply to CousinIT (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 8, 2025, 10:05 AM

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I am optimistic that the trend of making the reader pay the journalist directly will decrease the influence of big money, filters, etc.

Delivering newspapers was one of my first jobs in media. 20 years later my job included skimming all seven major NYC dailies every day before 10AM. Loved it. Loved the smell of newsprint in the days before they polycoated everything.

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