Most on nostr would agree that the clickbait revenue model is fiat and is corrected by a return to sound money…however, what to do about the problem of low willingness to pay for information? In old(er) times (even after 1971) there was a geographic monopoly or at least channel monopoly for content distribution. Now information transmits ubiquitously and instantaneously while pretty good content can be generated quickly and cheaply by almost anyone.
The marginal cost to produce ideas is essentially free…wouldn’t that mean good information is “worthless”?
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I would imagine you have to decouple news from profits.
You’d also probably not need national news - instead, aggregate it via some sort of a network.
Not sure how you’d achieve that though. In the age of instant connection socials, it’s pretty hard to compete with amateurs who happen to be in the right place at the right time. And if you took profit out of the picture then you’d likely have some other authority breathing down your neck and expressing satisfaction or dissatisfaction with your reporting.
I don’t have answers. It’s an interesting topic worth contemplating and discussing!