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Re:The Pez Outlaw by matt4077 on Sunday March 22, 2015 @07:09PM (#9248645)
There is /r/thelongread or /r/longform I believe. Part of the problem is actually not discovery but availability – there just isn't that much longform content.

If you keep an eye on vanity fair, the atlantic, new yorker, the sunday times and a few others, you're likely to read most of the good stuff.

Better revenue streams might increase the supply. You are right that a model similar to music is needed – I'm not going to pay 100$+/year for a magazine subscription, but I'd gladly pay 40$/month for 'the netflix of journalism'. I've also seen quite a lot of writers publish kindle shorts which could become 'the itunes of journalism'.

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Re:The Pez Outlaw by UweSchmidt on Sunday March 22, 2015 @07:30PM (#9248696)
40$ would be too much for most people though, right? When the dust settles it will be at <10$/€ per month like the music and movie streaming services for all-you-can-read.
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Re:The Pez Outlaw by marincounty on Sunday March 22, 2015 @07:42PM (#9248730)
Yea $40 is too much--at least for me. What I find weird about reading HN links is many times I get to the meat of the story by reading the free comments?

Actually, I think the free comments are what make HN great?

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