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> If everything is page view driven, the bloggers MUST come up more more and more anger/fear/happiness in their headlines to survive.

Papers like the Wall Street Journal want your subscription dollars, not your page views. They can access those by maintaining a reputation for quality. It's a nice stable revenue stream, too.

(I suppose it also helps that they cover things other outlets often don't, like international business news.)




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