I was going to post just this this morning

after coming across it via r/Norwich on Reddit. It's a model that can work but they will need serious numbers to make it work long term. The Manchester version has 40k subs of whom 2k pay and they make it work off those numbers.

But I think it's an excellent initiative and is far better than the shadow EDP/EEN have fallen into (basically reproducing press notes from estate agents, the police, whoever, verbatim; and trawling NRx FB groups for "news", because they don't have resource to do anything better, basically).

Local news is an incredibly hard gig in the UK because making the money work is so difficult. This is a new attempt to make something work round here and I think it's well worth supporting to see where it goes.

Posted By: Old Man on November 20th 2023 at 11:01:27

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Only just came across The Norwich Seeker - independent and more in depth news (General Chat) - Knitted Jesus, Nov 20, 10:40:02
- Norfolk's Police and Crime Commissioner... (General Chat) - usacanary, Nov 20, 17:21:12
- You will be shocked to see what Richard Balls looks like now (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Breadstick, Nov 20, 12:33:18
- Disappointingly low numbers of ads and "articles" about real estate (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Nov 20, 11:17:54
- You say “a few”, I can only see Shaun Lowthorpe’s name (General Chat) - jamesward, Nov 20, 11:09:28
  - Ah, I’ve read further and can see a few others involved (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Nov 20, 11:12:52
- I was going to post just this this morning (General Chat) - Old Man, Nov 20, 11:01:27
  - Totally agree. (General Chat) - Ken Breadstick, Nov 20, 12:35:36
    - This is nothing but charity-washed gambling (General Chat) - KevinBond, Nov 20, 14:02:52
      - I prefer out of context responses (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Breadstick, Nov 20, 15:23:56
      - oops (General Chat) - KevinBond, Nov 20, 14:03:20
        
        off on a slight tangent, i didn't realise until yesterday that the late queen elizabeth (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 20, 15:58:35

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