1. Ad supported free digital copy (which will help advertisers achieve attention of lot more targeted crowd, that is hackernews readers).
Free version would ascertain the momentum for the product (and probably interest for advertisers).
2. A premium print version _with_ extra premium only content (eg. additional essays, interviews etc.), with probably lesser/no ads (Which I dont find annoying in print, to be honest).
1. Ad supported free digital copy (which will help advertisers achieve attention of lot more targeted crowd, that is hackernews readers).
Free version would ascertain the momentum for the product (and probably interest for advertisers).
2. A premium print version _with_ extra premium only content (eg. additional essays, interviews etc.), with probably lesser/no ads (Which I dont find annoying in print, to be honest).
A typical Freemium model, where everyone wins.