alexandernl

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by alexandernl 11y ago
We don't want to force users to consume premium journalism on our platform, that's why we're working on a button that publishers (or any author, really) can put on their own site too http://www.mondaynote.com/
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by alexandernl 11y ago
We thought about credits. It might work, I'm doubting about this one because if feels a bit user-unfriendly to make it less transparant. What do you think?
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by alexandernl 11y ago
Blendle co-founder here. I must admit that micropayments sounds exhausting when you think about the model. But we really tried to make the UX very pleasant, and I think we succeeded (and about 1/5 of the users who register take out the
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by alexandernl 11y ago
Blendle co-founder here. A flat fee is definitely something we're thinking about. But, the publishers have to be comfortable with it (and for newspapers, most of the time they are charging >$15 per month for a digital sub). Also, as
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The Dutch tech whiz who could save journalism(politico.eu)
15 points by alexandernl 11y ago|0 comments
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In a world of ad blockers, we need micropayments(medium.com)
11 points by alexandernl 11y ago|2 comments
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by alexandernl 11y ago
At Blendle we try to solve this with micropayments. NYT, WSJ and The Economist (and many others) are already working with us in The Netherlands en Germany https://medium.com/on-blendle/blendle-a-radical-experiment-w...
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All German newspapers just signed up to this micropayment startup(uk.businessinsider.com)
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by alexandernl 11y ago
Thanks for the nice words and comments! Working on that!
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by alexandernl 11y ago
Publishers decide.
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by alexandernl 11y ago
True. Some really long articles can cost up to €0,79
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by alexandernl 11y ago
Articles cost between €0,10 and €0,30 for newspaper articles. Between €0,20 and €0,40 for magazine articles.
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by alexandernl 11y ago
Founder of Blendle here. We have, but newspaper publishers don't like this idea. They're too afraid offering a monthly fee will result in a lot of cancelled subscriptions. And subscriptions are a big part of their revenue.
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First year of startup: radical experiment with micropayments in journalism(medium.com)
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The first 30 days of my "iTunes for newspapers"-startup(medium.com)
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Blendle – iTunes for journalism launches in the Netherlands(launch.blendle.nl)
51 points by alexandernl 12y ago|15 comments