Digital subscription service Press+ adds tool to help publishers monetize video
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Press+ launched a new tool to let publishers monetize video: After viewers watch a couple minutes, they’re prompted to pay up. Read more »
Press+: Publishers are charging more for digital content and offering less free
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According to Press+ data, the average price of a monthly digital subscription is now $9.26 — up from $6.85 at the beginning of 2012. Publishers are also offering fewer articles for free before a user hits a paywall. Read more »
The little paywall that could: Tinypass gets a CEO and some money
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More publishers of all stripes, including star blogger Andrew Sullivan, are charging visitors for content. This has translated into good news for paywall provider Tinypass. Read more »
Paywall startup Tinypass adds metered subscriptions for small publishers
Paywall startup Tinypass, which is based in New York City and works with small digital publishers, is expanding metering options to its users. Read more »
Press+: Publishers are offering less free content online
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Digital subscription platform Press+ says 39 percent of its client publishers now offer fewer than 10 articles free per month before a reader hits a paywall. On average, the company says, publishers offer 11 free articles per month, down from 13 at the beginning of 2012. Read more »
paidContent turns 10: A brief history of digital media
Remember when Friendster was the hot social network, publishers doubted that ebooks would ever sell, and Netflix thought DVDs in red envelopes was the future? We do — that was that state of digital media when paidContent launched in 2002. Read more »
Press+ Opens Pay Model Data Vault
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Earlier this week, the Project on Excellence in Journalism issued a detailed digital revenue study that left out even the most basic details… Read more »
Journalism Online Sold For $19.6 Million; $15.3 Million Earnout For Brill, Crovitz
When RR Donnelley bought Journalism Online from Steve Brill, Gordon Grovitz, Leo Hindery, Jr., and their investors last March, I reported th… Read more »
Price Tag For Journalism Online Could Go As High As $45 Million
RR Donnelley execs aren’t talking — neither are Steve Brill and Gordon Crovitz, at least about deal details — but paidContent has learned… Read more »
Brill, Crovitz & Co. Sell Journalism Online To RR Donnelly
That was fast. Just shy of two years after launch, Steve Brill, Gordon Crovitz and Leo Hindery Jr. have sold their “make journalism pay” bus… Read more »
News Corp. Acquires Skiff IP; Buys Stake In Brill And Crovitz Startup
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Updated: In a doubleheader announcement meant to move the needle on Rupert Murdoch’s ambitious paid content plans, News Corp has acquired th… Read more »
Video @ paidContent2010: A Hard Look At The Subscription Model
Local newspapers may actually have an easier time charging for content than national and international news brands like the New York Times (… Read more »
@pc2010: Sporting News To Charge For Daily Digital Edition; One Price Across All Devices
Highlights from our Staci Kramer’s conversation with Steven Brill of Journalism Online, Jeff Price of The Sporting News and David Hyman of M… Read more »
paidContent 2010: The Truth About The Subscription Business
Digital subscriptions are all the buzz now but the idea is far from new Read more »
Memo: Journalism Online To Publishers: ‘No Longer If But When And How’
Observers aren’t the only ones hearing more about Journalism Online and its plans for Press+ today. The company’s affiliates — publishers w… Read more »
Journalism Online’s Private Beta Goes Public; First Press+ Screenshots
Finally some clarity after months of mystery about possible affiliates and constant questions about whether Journalism Online is reality or… Read more »
Journalism Online Adds Non-Profit Support With IWPR As Launch Partner
Journalism Online hasn’t moved beyond letters of intent on the commercial side but the Steve Brill-Gordon Crovitz-Leo Hindery Jr. enterprise… Read more »
Journalism Online Offers Up 'Letters Of Intent' From Possible Affiliates — But No Names
Journalism Online, the new make-journalism-pay venture from Steve Brill, Gordon Crovitz and Leo Hindery, has letters of intent from newspape… Read more »
Opening Up Closed Doors: What News Execs Asked Brill
Some two dozen newspaper industry execs gathered quietly (they thought) in suburban Chicago Thursday to continue a conversation about indust… Read more »
Interview, Steve Brill, Part 2: Lessons From Contentville
This isn’t the first time Steve Brill has claimed he has the solutions for making money online. Back in 2000, Brill pieced together a comple… Read more »
