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Re:French news sites prevail in negotiations with Google ove... by the_other on Friday January 22, 2021 @05:37AM (#25870398)
Google and Facebook have been eating such a large proportion of the ad cake for years; of course news want a larger slice! Whether it's "fair" by the rules of capitalism that they get it is up to capitalism to decide, but it's definitely fair that they stake a claim.
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Re:French news sites prevail in negotiations with Google ove... by Mauricebranagh on Friday January 22, 2021 @06:12AM (#25870628)
Ah the the massive advertising cash cow supported by journalists paid poverty wages.

Before craigslist and property listing companies like right move, local newspapers had 30-40% margins

(source a senior press officer I worked on a project with)

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