E&P: Knight Foundation to help fund paywalls for non-profit news sites
September 23rd, 2010Posted by Laura Oliver in Business, Editors' pick
Paywall technology venture Journalism Online will see its Press+ system introduced to non-profit news sites in the US as part of a deal with the Knight Foundation.
The first 10 sites that receive grants from the Foundation will not have to share revenue from the system with Journalism Online for the first year. Hyperlocal professional news site the New Haven Independent is the first to sign up.
Full story on E&P at this link…
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November 23rd, 2010 at 1:14 pm
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