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I started Beacon which funds journalism online (http://beaconreader.com http://beaconreader.com) — definitely don't fit into the old business model, but that's

• jdp23 11y ago
  Impressive work on Beacon. Definitely not "old business model" :) That said I think you're undervaluing the potential of the OP. You say at [1] that one of the key things you've learned is that readers fund journalism because they care about having an impact. If successful, the approaches they're discussing could significantly increase the impact of journalists' work -- reusing the same Particles in different contexts, being able to provide multiple tailored versions of the same post that could resonate with different audiences, etc. And it also may point to ways for publishers to participate in and leverage the Buzzfeed/Facebook ecosystems while still providing additional value on their own sites/apps/publications. So, agreed that it by itself isn't a business model solution, but don't write it off so quickly ... [1] https://www.beaconreader.com/blog/beacon-immigration-3-million-to-fill-a-journalism-gap https://www.beaconreader.com/blog/beacon-immigration-3-milli...
  • zmitri 11y ago
    Maybe, but maybe lots of solutions like this already exist! Tweets, genius for annotations, facebook, youtube... I agree certain backers might care more about having an article published in x ways, but I think they are overestimating their usefulness and things like tweet embeds, youtube embeds, or using phantom js to render custom twitter cards with text PLUS the full length article do the same job more or less.