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For me the solution is a Netflix like. (Newsflicks?) You subscribe to Newsflicks and can then access all the articles from journalism sites that partner with Ne

For me the solution is a Netflix like. (Newsflicks?) You subscribe to Newsflicks and can then access all the articles from journalism sites that partner with Newsflicks.

mercer 11y ago
Blendle does this, and is now expanding to Germany. They seem to be doing pretty well. http://www.blendle.com http://www.blendle.com.
- kristineberth 11y ago
  PressReader does this at a much bigger scale than Blendle. It's truly Netflix-for-newspapers-and-magazines. 5,000+ titles, full versions, current day, all-you-can-read model. It's paid for either by personal subscriptions ($30USD/month) or sponsored access is provided by businesses (airlines like Qantas and Virgin Australia, thousands of major hotels around the world, 20,000+ libraries, a partnership with Uber in France for the Cannes Film Festival, etc.) Users can download full titles onto their own device and save them for later reading too. Full disclosure, I work at PressReader. But it surprises me sometimes when we're not mentioned in these conversations. We do huge business internationally, have millions of active users, have been profitable for years, and are growing at an absolutely insane rate. It's a win-win business model because readers get content (often for free since it's sponsored by a brand they're a customer of), publishers make money (we pay royalties when their content is read), and brands have the opportunity to offer something tangible and personalized to their customers.
  - mercer 11y ago
    Very interesting. I've never heard of PressReader and will check it out. I guess Blendle is less like Netflix than PressReader, and more like iTunes in that you generally buy individual articles for a small price (often < 1 euro).
  - commentzorro 11y ago
    I can only read content for 14 days after publication then it can be accessed? I have to pay by the publication in addition to pay by the month? No, this seems like a horrible service for a home consumer. Someone references an article from WaPo or NYT from six months ago and my expensive subscription service can't even reach it?!
    - kristineberth 11y ago
      You can read up to 90 days of back issues, full-version. If you have a subscription ($30USD/month) it's all-you-can-read unlimited access to everything. If you'd like to purchase a single issue instead of subscribing, you can, but the subscription model gives you full access. Better yet, visit the PressReader HotSpot Map and you'll see all the places you can get full access to PressReader for free. You just have to access it while you're connected to their WiFi: http://www.pressreader.com/hotspot/map http://www.pressreader.com/hotspot/map
- commentzorro 11y ago
  No, for me this is absolutely no good. First, pay by the article means I can easily go through the annual amount I'm willing to spend on "news" in just a few active months. Then I have nothing left for the rest of the year. I don't want to go through the mental effort based on each article and how it _might_ compare to others in the future in order to decide what to read, regardless of having to make that decision before or after I read the article. In other words, it may be a fine article on in it's own right and fully worth 25 cents. But not compared to all the articles I might read in a year. For example, if I have $150 per year for "subscriptions" that means I get 600 (25 cent) articles per year or 20 per month. Is this article worth it? Second, as mentioned in numerous blogs, paying by the article creates a race to push more articles with just the minimum quality to get the pay click.
  - mercer 11y ago
    I agree, and that's why the crucial part is the ability to ask for your money back. Generally I've been happy with the articles I paid for based on its popularity and what publication it was from. But if I recall correctly I asked for my money back once or twice. The reason I like Blendle is precisely that I've found few magazines or newspapers that are worth their subscription money. It's cheaper for me to pay for that occasional article that is written by a friend or recommended to me.

For me the solution is a Netflix like. (Newsflicks?) You subscribe to Newsflicks and can then access all the articles from journalism sites that partner with Newsflicks.

mercer 11y ago

Blendle does this, and is now expanding to Germany. They seem to be doing pretty well. http://www.blendle.com http://www.blendle.com.

kristineberth 11y ago
PressReader does this at a much bigger scale than Blendle. It's truly Netflix-for-newspapers-and-magazines. 5,000+ titles, full versions, current day, all-you-can-read model. It's paid for either by personal subscriptions ($30USD/month) or sponsored access is provided by businesses (airlines like Qantas and Virgin Australia, thousands of major hotels around the world, 20,000+ libraries, a partnership with Uber in France for the Cannes Film Festival, etc.) Users can download full titles onto their own device and save them for later reading too. Full disclosure, I work at PressReader. But it surprises me sometimes when we're not mentioned in these conversations. We do huge business internationally, have millions of active users, have been profitable for years, and are growing at an absolutely insane rate. It's a win-win business model because readers get content (often for free since it's sponsored by a brand they're a customer of), publishers make money (we pay royalties when their content is read), and brands have the opportunity to offer something tangible and personalized to their customers.
- mercer 11y ago
  Very interesting. I've never heard of PressReader and will check it out. I guess Blendle is less like Netflix than PressReader, and more like iTunes in that you generally buy individual articles for a small price (often < 1 euro).
- commentzorro 11y ago
  I can only read content for 14 days after publication then it can be accessed? I have to pay by the publication in addition to pay by the month? No, this seems like a horrible service for a home consumer. Someone references an article from WaPo or NYT from six months ago and my expensive subscription service can't even reach it?!
  - kristineberth 11y ago
    You can read up to 90 days of back issues, full-version. If you have a subscription ($30USD/month) it's all-you-can-read unlimited access to everything. If you'd like to purchase a single issue instead of subscribing, you can, but the subscription model gives you full access. Better yet, visit the PressReader HotSpot Map and you'll see all the places you can get full access to PressReader for free. You just have to access it while you're connected to their WiFi: http://www.pressreader.com/hotspot/map http://www.pressreader.com/hotspot/map
commentzorro 11y ago
No, for me this is absolutely no good. First, pay by the article means I can easily go through the annual amount I'm willing to spend on "news" in just a few active months. Then I have nothing left for the rest of the year. I don't want to go through the mental effort based on each article and how it _might_ compare to others in the future in order to decide what to read, regardless of having to make that decision before or after I read the article. In other words, it may be a fine article on in it's own right and fully worth 25 cents. But not compared to all the articles I might read in a year. For example, if I have $150 per year for "subscriptions" that means I get 600 (25 cent) articles per year or 20 per month. Is this article worth it? Second, as mentioned in numerous blogs, paying by the article creates a race to push more articles with just the minimum quality to get the pay click.
- mercer 11y ago
  I agree, and that's why the crucial part is the ability to ask for your money back. Generally I've been happy with the articles I paid for based on its popularity and what publication it was from. But if I recall correctly I asked for my money back once or twice. The reason I like Blendle is precisely that I've found few magazines or newspapers that are worth their subscription money. It's cheaper for me to pay for that occasional article that is written by a friend or recommended to me.