It’s important that we have several ways we make money, just like it’s important for you to have a diversified retirement portfolio to weather the ups and downs of the stock market. And we can’t do that if we have a paywall. We believe that’s an important part of building a more equal society. Vox is here to help everyone understand the complex issues shaping the world - not just the people who can afford to pay for a subscription. Second, we’re not in the subscriptions business. We often only know a few months out what our advertising revenue will be, which makes it hard to plan ahead. But when it comes to what we’re trying to do at Vox, there are a couple of big issues with relying on ads and subscriptions to keep the lights on.įirst, advertising dollars go up and down with the economy. Most news outlets make their money through advertising or subscriptions. Will you support Vox’s explanatory journalism? Particularly if it says something about Donald Trump. And in the age of Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, it's easier than ever to pass along. It's designed to make you feel something or pull you in. It's immediately recognizable but endlessly variable. The front page, the Daily News has realized, is the ideal meme. And that's because it's the first newspaper to rediscover the value of the print front page in an era when print is declining. If you have outspoken liberal friends on Facebook, it can feel like the Daily News is suddenly everywhere. It's not just Trump - the Daily News has been on a liberal hot streak, blasting opponents of gun control, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's comments on black students, and Ted Cruz's attack on New York values. The Daily News went straight for Godwin's law, repurposing the famous quote from Martin Niemöller on speaking out against the Holocaust: The exception was when Trump proposed a ban on Muslims entering the US. Still, the Daily News has mostly treated Trump like a joke, albeit a very unfunny one. New York Daily NewsĪnd when Sarah Palin endorsed him, the Daily News blared, 'I'm with stupid' (leaving it slightly unclear if the epithet referred to Palin or to Trump): Wednesday's front page is an echo of the publication's front page on July 17, 2015, the day after Trump declared he was running for president, which portrayed him as a slightly more benevolent clown: The front page when Trump entered the race.

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