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Or build a micropayment system that takes off, so we can collectively pay for good reporting....
by ISL 12y ago
Or build a micropayment system that takes off, so we can collectively pay for good reporting....
- ARolek 12y agoIt would be interesting if once a certain revenue threshold was met the paywall would be removed.
- prostoalex 12y agohttps://www.google.com/contributor/welcome/ https://www.google.com/contributor/welcome/
- jcoffland 12y agoHe did ask for one that takes off.
- nfoz 12y agoAnd/or use tax money to pay for good reporting, as has been standard practice in many jurisdictions for a long time.
- em3rgent0rdr 12y agoe.g. China, Russia, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, etc.
- NickNameNick 12y agoThe UK (BBC), Australia (ABC), New Zealand (Radio New Zealand)
- ersii 12y agoSweden (SVT, SR), Norway (NRK)..
- modeless 12y agoIf you live in the US then you may not be aware but your tax money does pay for a news service: http://www.voanews.com http://www.voanews.com
- throwaway7767 12y agoIsn't that more propaganda meant for export?
- eru 12y agoThe well regarded BBC World Service falls in the same category.
- prostoalex 12y agoI wonder how well this would work for WSJ type stories. Some of their stories are generic newswires, but the juicy stuff is from knowing insiders and building relationships over the years. A generic reporting service will tell you that "Company A unveiled product B" but will unlikely report that "Company A gave up a bunch of liquidation preferences to get a $1 bln valuation".
- hobo_mark 12y agoYes! Is anyone working on it? Single click microdonations from a dedicated bitcoin wallet? I am not a bitcoin nut but this sounds like the perfect application for it.
- coinbee 12y agoYes - I did: https://www.coinbee.io https://www.coinbee.io - lobby them to implement the API!
- CDokolas 12y agoOh, you mean blendle.com