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Hafta 500: Revenue models for news, content creators vs journalists

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan are joined by The News Minute’s Dhanya Rajendran and digital creator Akash Banerjee aka TheDeshbhakt.

On sustainable and profitable revenue models for news,  Anand says that the subscription model might be prone to the problem of becoming “a groupspeak”, where “financial influences have been insulated, but the editorial leadership has a view” that becomes the identity of the platform. Abhinandan responds to this, saying, “This is not the limitation unique to the subscription model, but a limitation of the human condition.” 

Dhanya adds to the subject, saying the paywall adds a lot of pressure on reporters, who judge the value of their work based on whether it goes behind paywall or not.

On the difference between journalists and digital content creators, Akash says creators are appropriating information available through journalistic platforms. Dhanya says  that the line between commentators and journalists is already blurring.

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Timecodes

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:05:50 - Headlines 

00:18:41 - Models of news

01:08:15 - Journalists and digital commentators

01:40:09 - Final thoughts and recommendations 

References

Introduce your friends to Hafta - Google form

Gaza: One Year Later - NL Sena

Haryana and J&K Polls - NL Sena

An orchestrated nightmare: A sexual assault that unmasked Malayalam cinema

The Deshbhakt Youtube Channel

Let’s Talk About: The story of Bihar

Let’s Talk About: Godse

NL Interview - Hilal Ahmed

NL Interview - Iqra Hasan 

No More Tears - The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson

Holding Your Breath in India - Gardiner Harris

Anand Ranganathan’s rebuttal to Gardiner Harris’ piece

Shekhar Gupta on Punjab militancy

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Watch full video here: Hafta 499: Kolkata rape-murder, Hema Committee report on women in Malayalam film industry

Check out previous Hafta recommendations, references, songs and letters 

Produced and recorded by Aryan Mahtta, edited by Hassan Bilal and Umrav Singh.

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