You might recall last week’s post about the weird doings and a goings-on at Road and Track magazine, which first published then disappeared a rip snorting piece on a Formua One race by honest to goddamned commie (and noted cycling writer) Kate Wagner.
"no perfect way to fund journalism". There's a lot of that going around at the moment, what with the FaceBook welshing on its Australian arrangements, lest they encourage the Canadians' and everyone elses.
What is interesting is that it's happening at a moment when the _cost_ of publishing (anything) is approaching zero. Sure there are some avenues that are more expensive than others, but a WordPress page or a substack blog isn't so steep. Yes there are plenty of costs if you want to employ people to _keep_ publishing, but that's a bit orthogonal to getting the word out if you've got something to say.
The cost balance currently rests with the attention deficit and the war against sleep.
that article has been bubbling away in the back of my mind for a little while now. The disparity between haves and have nots is something that is becoming increasingly obvious in day to day and maybe one step away from dystopian. The peasants are revolting......
Shows every time- it's not the crime, it's the cover up that brings you undone.
"no perfect way to fund journalism". There's a lot of that going around at the moment, what with the FaceBook welshing on its Australian arrangements, lest they encourage the Canadians' and everyone elses.
What is interesting is that it's happening at a moment when the _cost_ of publishing (anything) is approaching zero. Sure there are some avenues that are more expensive than others, but a WordPress page or a substack blog isn't so steep. Yes there are plenty of costs if you want to employ people to _keep_ publishing, but that's a bit orthogonal to getting the word out if you've got something to say.
The cost balance currently rests with the attention deficit and the war against sleep.
Interestingly the independent cycling media company I first discovered Kate on have published the article https://escapecollective.com/behind-f1s-velvet-curtain/
https://escapecollective.com/the-hand-that-feeds/
Yep.
that article has been bubbling away in the back of my mind for a little while now. The disparity between haves and have nots is something that is becoming increasingly obvious in day to day and maybe one step away from dystopian. The peasants are revolting......
also ignoring the irony of pulling it and making it even more viral ensuring more people put eyes on it is pretty hilarious.
There's even a name for the phenomenon, it happens so often: "The Streisand effect".