# The Information

5 Hacker News commenters recommended The Information and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend The Information for highly respected, original tech and business reporting. Critics mainly point to its price, about $400 a year, which some find hard to justify for a single story.

## Why people recommend it

- Highly respected in its field (2 comments): "The information is highly respected in this space." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48679623)) "'The Information' which is highly respected" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48679620))
- Solid, original reporting (2 comments): "The original report came from The Information" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47977886)) "IMO The Information does solid reporting." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46740481))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Financial Times subscription](https://hackerapproved.com/p/financial-times.md): 32 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Information", https://hackerapproved.com/p/information/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).