I'd be interested in seeing what you're developing.
The challenge, as I see it is that information is a public good (in the economic sense: nonrivalrous, nonexcludable, zero marginal cost, high fixed costs), and provision at scale requires either a complementary rents service (advertising, patronage, propaganda, fancy professional-services "shingle") or a tax. Busking or its public-broadcasting is another option, though that's highly lossy.
Any truthful publishing also requires a strong self-defence mechanism (protection against lawsuits, coercion, intimidation, protection rackets, etc.), a frequently underappreciated role played by publishers.
Charles Perrow's descriptions of the music industry (recorded and broadcast) circa 1945 -- 1985 is informative here (see his Complex Organizationshttps://www.worldcat.org/title/complex-organizations-a-criti...), notably the roles of publishers vs. front-line and studio musicians.
The challenge, as I see it is that information is a public good (in the economic sense: nonrivalrous, nonexcludable, zero marginal cost, high fixed costs), and provision at scale requires either a complementary rents service (advertising, patronage, propaganda, fancy professional-services "shingle") or a tax. Busking or its public-broadcasting is another option, though that's highly lossy.
Any truthful publishing also requires a strong self-defence mechanism (protection against lawsuits, coercion, intimidation, protection rackets, etc.), a frequently underappreciated role played by publishers.
Charles Perrow's descriptions of the music industry (recorded and broadcast) circa 1945 -- 1985 is informative here (see his Complex Organizations https://www.worldcat.org/title/complex-organizations-a-criti...), notably the roles of publishers vs. front-line and studio musicians.