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Year in Review: 2020
Fragment was formed at the beginning of 2020 from the combination of Daily Dot and Nautilus magazine, with the express business purpose of pursuing the member media model by combining the strengths of each property. For transparency, we’ve posted here (with minimal editing) our end of the year updates sent to the shareholders of each […]
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Why Fragment Will Charge for Membership
Advertising has been the dominant model, and the business incentives for media1 are therefore to distract2 (rather than engage or inform). Furthermore, the media does not work for you, the reader—the media works for advertisers. In Larry Page’s famous phrase, “you are the product.” The typical media experience is an endless stream of headlines, half […]