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Has anyone successfully connected sports journalism with the Patreon model? Advertising in a world of infinite choice seems like a losing proposition. People
by tcbawo 9y ago
Has anyone successfully connected sports journalism with the Patreon model? Advertising in a world of infinite choice seems like a losing proposition. People have tried subscriptions in the past, but it seems people hesitate to pay for a bundle of coverage (ie. cable television model), especially if they are paying for content they don't use.
- thedarkginger 9y agoWould like to hear any success stories for media (and speciifcally sports media). I've been running a sports blog for 5+ years and don't use Patreon but have seen many friends start that effort in the last year. To be honest, I don't think I have ever seen anyone making more than $200 or so a month (which is probably better than if they were CPM only but not enough for a real sportswriter to pay much more than their internet bill unfortunately).
- LynxInLA 9y agoNate Duncan and Danny Leroux cover the NBA, and they seem to make decent money with podcast advertising. They recently started trying Patreon a few months ago and have 750 people donating monthly. I'm interested to see how much that grows. https://www.patreon.com/DuncanLeroux https://www.patreon.com/DuncanLeroux
- colmvp 9y agoCanadaland is a podcast/somewhat media website specifically covers Canadian News Media and Politics, and before I stopped subscribing (a few weeks ago) they were making over 10k per month.
- mangoman 9y agoDerek Bodner, the best beat writer (imo) for the 76ers, split with Philly Mag and seems to be doing fairly well on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/derekbodner https://www.patreon.com/derekbodner