Comments on: Updated: Homeless hawk codes, not content, as charity mag adds digital edition http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/24/homeless-hawk-codes-not-content-as-charity-mag-goes-online-only/ The economics of digital content Sun, 19 May 2013 22:28:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Joy http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/24/homeless-hawk-codes-not-content-as-charity-mag-goes-online-only/#comment-166443 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:38:19 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=219539#comment-166443 I think it’s a great idea: it gives readers the option of digital or print, keeps the vendor model, and is possibly an idea other publishers could embrace. It doesn’t cut the middle-man as they still need a code from a vendor to view the magazine. I wish BINorth a ton of success.

]]> By: Kevin Gopal http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/24/homeless-hawk-codes-not-content-as-charity-mag-goes-online-only/#comment-166402 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:56:52 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=219539#comment-166402 Just to clarify, if I may: we’re not exiting print. This is a three-month trial, limited to just one city on our patch, and vendors will be able to sell either the printed version or the digital one.

Thanks

Kevin Gopal
Editor
The Big Issue in the North

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