Simon Willison’s Weblog

2nd May 2019 - Link Blog

Want to see what one digital future for newspapers looks like? Look at The Guardian, which isn't losing money anymore (via) After losing money every single year since 1998, the Guardian just managed to turn a profit! Detailed analysis of how they did it by Joshua Benton.

Posted 2nd May 2019 at 5:49 am

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