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News doesn’t pay for itself. That is why media have come up with different ways to finance their operations over time.

In this lesson, students learn about the history of journalism and newspapers, and how these media have supported themselves financially. In the second half of the lesson, students will start their own news companies and decide what business strategies work best for them.

The second lesson will focus on how online media run their businesses.

During the previous lesson, we explored the transition from traditional publishing to the digital media of today.

In this lesson, students will take a closer look at paywalls and debate the question if the news should be free.