The Guardian US expects to hit $44 million in voluntary reader donations in the U.S. and Canada this year, up 33 percent over last year, with some people supporting on a recurring basis and others giving one-time contributions. A first-person account by a Canadian citizen detained by ICE, for example, netted $105,000 in pledged donations. These contributions account for more than 60 percent of the American operation’s total revenue, which last year exceeded costs by $16 million (the rest of its revenue comes from advertising and philanthropic support from foundations). The amount that people are contributing on a pledged basis doubled in October — the month that Jeff Bezos pulled the Post’s endorsement for Harris — and has stayed at that level every month since, according to internal data provided by The Guardian, which just surpassed 350,000 recurring supporters in the U.S.
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65 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 1 Apr
I wonder how many of those donations are just deep state operatives
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30 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b OP 2 Apr
After the USAID stuff, I can't help but think of that too.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 1 Apr
This is a real lessons for those buying subscriptions from FT or WSJ. Another great example is wikipedia that's survived so long on donations alone.
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