The Economist is a prime example of how for-pay curated content can work and can work well to serve a market... a wide market.
Can you imagine, just imagine, how craptastic The Economist would be if it were "free" and all you had to do was endure curated advertisements?
PS I would pay extra if they would stop stapling in those cardboard subscription cards in the middle of the (print) issue.
PPS I feel the same way about the NY Times---worth paying for---although they have gone so broad recently that I'm worried they're becoming unfocused, trying to appeal to too many at once.
Can you imagine, just imagine, how craptastic The Economist would be if it were "free" and all you had to do was endure curated advertisements?
PS I would pay extra if they would stop stapling in those cardboard subscription cards in the middle of the (print) issue.
PPS I feel the same way about the NY Times---worth paying for---although they have gone so broad recently that I'm worried they're becoming unfocused, trying to appeal to too many at once.