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Originally posted by Dante Hicks
This isn't just a thought-experiment, some historical work has been done looking at 'The Daily Herald' newspaper in the UK which at one time was a worker's paper and (I believe) the most popular in Britain. The lack of advertisements is blamed as one of the key factors in it's decline and fall.
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So the readers weren't particularly loyal or they couldn't support the price. I wouldn't see a problem at all if this happened to a speciaiist magazine. For current affairs, a well informed populace is nice and all, that's a reason we have the BBC. Maybe they should produce a newspaper.