Journalism Online paid content venture to take 20 per cent commission
September 11th, 2009Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick, Online Journalism
An update on Journalism Online, the venture started by Steve Brill, Gordon Crovitz, and Leo Hindery with the aim of helping news organisations charge for content.
- Nieman Journalism Lab reports that the company will take a 20 per cent cut of subscription revenue (after credit card fees).
- The document [PDF] submitted to the Newspaper Association of America reveals the plans and is published by the NJL.
- The Associated Press reports how IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp. and Google Inc. ‘responded to a request by the Newspaper Association of America for proposals on ways to easily, unobtrusively charge for news on the web,’ according to the report.
- ‘Lots of fee ideas for media online’ reports the New York Times.
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June 15th, 2010 at 9:22 am
[...] In September, Nieman Journalism Lab reported that Journalism Online would take 20 per cent of subscription revenue after credit card fees. The move by News Corp underlines its commitment to charging for content online, as shown by new paywalls for the Times and Sunday Times websites. [...]