[clejack]

Not only does a lot of news have no real value a lot of news does not generate value of any kind (real or otherwise) until someone reads it.

For example, an opinion piece is meaningless unless someone reads it, so writers find themselves in the same situation as every other artist, even if their writing isn't artistic in nature.

Attention is a finite resource. This might be unpleasant to hear, but just because you're working on something, doesn't mean it has intrinsic monetary value.

[treebeard901]

Most "news" is probably just paid content creation with some kind of agenda behind it.

[v5v3]

One of largest advertiser's is the state. All those public health ads and so on.