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> I think journalism needs a Spotify-like model to sustain itself in today's world. That's an interesting idea. I love getting paywalled by some web site becau
by choward 7y ago
> I think journalism needs a Spotify-like model to sustain itself in today's world.
That's an interesting idea. I love getting paywalled by some web site because I clicked a headline, especially when it's some a local news site or some other site I'll probably never visit again. I'm not signing up to read one article that I might not even like.
I thought pay per article might be a good idea, but that would just encourage click bait. And if the article is terrible, I still have to pay.
However, with a subscription to all of the news none of this would be an issue as long as it was reasonably priced.
- rapnie 7y agoBlendle works like this, aggregates news sites, offers subscription (10 euro/month) and deals out micropayments under the hood (moved away from pay-per-article). They operate in US, Netherlands, Germany. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blendle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blendle