Well it's more like, we want free traffic and also pay us for the privilege of sending it to us. That isn't happening and it isn't the way traffic works. Pay news organizations for the rights to republish the articles on Google (e.g. Reuters or AP feeds)? That's a business model. It also means the small one off news sites are dead.
Once all of the third party cookie stuff dies, meaningful display ad revenue for non-mega publishers (Google, Facebook, Amazon) will evaporate. These news organizations are dead men walking already and the debate is a waste of time at this point.
>"These news organizations are dead men walking already"
It means we are burdening zombies to create the real news. Who is going to do it after they are gone? Only paid for state propaganda and politico. That Doesn't sound too good.
I am all for the unified newspaper membership, where you pay for a membership that pays newspapers for their articles. The problem is how much would that cost to really fund the journalists. They would obviously still need to run ads.
Once all of the third party cookie stuff dies, meaningful display ad revenue for non-mega publishers (Google, Facebook, Amazon) will evaporate. These news organizations are dead men walking already and the debate is a waste of time at this point.