Simon Willison’s Weblog

Want to see what one digital future for newspapers looks like? Look at The Guardian, which isn't losing money anymore (via) After losing money every single year since 1998, the Guardian just managed to turn a profit! Detailed analysis of how they did it by Joshua Benton.

Posted 2nd May 2019 at 5:49 am

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Useful patterns for building HTML tools - 10th December 2025
Under the hood of Canada Spends with Brendan Samek - 9th December 2025
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