D Foundation of the HNMNBie News Network Done 1.2
1500 hours finds Yolanda dressed in what is best described as cruise loungeware laying on her lakeside patio at Roost, Clara Bow was seated at her feet, touching up her nails. The view of the lake was idyllic, reflections of light on the water, Canadian Geese swimming in assault formation, a party boat with huge speakers getting ready to launch from two docks down, the same house that was starting up their smokey charcoal BBQ grill. Ain't life on the lake grand?
Looks like another news source is in trouble, Yolanda commented. I miss newspapers sometimes. Clara continued the thought, the Sunday paper, with the comics and tons of stuff you would never read, but knew it might be fun if you have the luxury of time. I really miss the print addition of the Times.
Unsustainable business model, muttered Yolanda. I should just buy them.
Buy Lilian Russell News, (LRN)? Buy an enterprise built on a money losing blueprint? That's interesting said Clara with a bit of doubt in her voice.
It's not that crazy, reasoned Yolanda. It's a way to get information to the people. But with a HNMNBie voice.
Well, Clara said, I think you could do it. I don't believe there're any government regulations prohibiting the purchase of an online news service. But you just said it was an unsustainable business model; what's changed?
Yolanda sprang up, started pacing, carefully as some of her toes had wet polish. Think about it, how do you consume news?
I use an aggregator and search engine alerts, I read the titles that are with the thumbnails, capsules, summaries and decide which ones I want to read.
And, said Yolanda, patiently trying to tease the rest of the process out of her friend.
And maybe 2, 3 times a week, I read a really in depth story, well researched, balanced on a topic that I feel is important.
Yo snapped her fingers decisively. And, that's the model. We do the same ol, same ol, that everyone else does, but we curate really great stories. The news feed stuff is free, a bit of revenue from ads, maybe even insert the occasional well marked infomercial. We don't ask for subscriptions, you pay as you go. You want the whole article, you buy it.
What's to stop one person from paying and posting the article on their social media feed, asked Clara?
Who cares, back in the day did you ever see someone buy a print newspaper from a coin operated stand and take out 3 or 4? It happens, part of the cost of doing business. It someone makes a habit of it, we deal with them. I'll look into it, Yolanda said, mostly to herself, yes I really will look into it.
Nothing happened that day, or even that month. But a seed was planted, both in the LRN news service and in Yolanda's mind. Six months later she got a phone call. They were ready to sell, albeit with a few conditions, one being Lillian stayed on as editor in chief for at least a year. The two ladies met and found there was only one major sticking point between Lillian's beliefs and the HNMNBie platform. Lillian believed that immigration was the source of most of the problems in the US. She was especially in favor of restricted immigration of southern and eastern Europeans and banning the immigration of Asians. They agreed that Lillian could have her own column in the Opinion section, labeled Lillian on Immigration.
With that caveat, Yolanda bought LRN lock, stock and barrelhead. And swiftly made it her own. She rebranded as the HNMNBie news network, (HNN).
Deep state influence monitors noted the sale. Needless to say, they already had a file on her. And Yolanda made sure HNN reflected her brand, right down to her picture on the masthead. It was over a year before deep state realized they needed to track HNN separately.
Unsustainable business model, muttered Yolanda. I should just buy them.
Buy Lilian Russell News, (LRN)? Buy an enterprise built on a money losing blueprint? That's interesting said Clara with a bit of doubt in her voice.
It's not that crazy, reasoned Yolanda. It's a way to get information to the people. But with a HNMNBie voice.
Well, Clara said, I think you could do it. I don't believe there're any government regulations prohibiting the purchase of an online news service. But you just said it was an unsustainable business model; what's changed?
Yolanda sprang up, started pacing, carefully as some of her toes had wet polish. Think about it, how do you consume news?
I use an aggregator and search engine alerts, I read the titles that are with the thumbnails, capsules, summaries and decide which ones I want to read.
And, said Yolanda, patiently trying to tease the rest of the process out of her friend.
And maybe 2, 3 times a week, I read a really in depth story, well researched, balanced on a topic that I feel is important.
Yo snapped her fingers decisively. And, that's the model. We do the same ol, same ol, that everyone else does, but we curate really great stories. The news feed stuff is free, a bit of revenue from ads, maybe even insert the occasional well marked infomercial. We don't ask for subscriptions, you pay as you go. You want the whole article, you buy it.
What's to stop one person from paying and posting the article on their social media feed, asked Clara?
Who cares, back in the day did you ever see someone buy a print newspaper from a coin operated stand and take out 3 or 4? It happens, part of the cost of doing business. It someone makes a habit of it, we deal with them. I'll look into it, Yolanda said, mostly to herself, yes I really will look into it.
Nothing happened that day, or even that month. But a seed was planted, both in the LRN news service and in Yolanda's mind. Six months later she got a phone call. They were ready to sell, albeit with a few conditions, one being Lillian stayed on as editor in chief for at least a year. The two ladies met and found there was only one major sticking point between Lillian's beliefs and the HNMNBie platform. Lillian believed that immigration was the source of most of the problems in the US. She was especially in favor of restricted immigration of southern and eastern Europeans and banning the immigration of Asians. They agreed that Lillian could have her own column in the Opinion section, labeled Lillian on Immigration.
With that caveat, Yolanda bought LRN lock, stock and barrelhead. And swiftly made it her own. She rebranded as the HNMNBie news network, (HNN).
Deep state influence monitors noted the sale. Needless to say, they already had a file on her. And Yolanda made sure HNN reflected her brand, right down to her picture on the masthead. It was over a year before deep state realized they needed to track HNN separately.
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