Comments on: There really are new business models for journalism

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By: Mark Briggs

Mark Briggs — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:30:36 +0000

I think what’s “new” in my eyes is how these sites use advertising to sustain themselves.

West Seattle Blog has the same people report the news and sell the ads, most of which come to them unsolicited because they have created so much value for their audience.

Xconomy is targeting young, wealthy and highly educated readers with its content so it can sell long-term sponsorships instead of short-term banner ads.

And TechFlash has created a community (or transported it from Cook and Bishop’s days at the P-I) first, giving the site more options (like regular events) in its business model. (To me events for a site like this are live performances for a band that has lost CD store revenue to file-sharing.)

Meanwhile Grist, with 24 employees, is proving that grant-funded operations publishing news can exist outside of NPR and PBS.

True, when your product is news and information, there are only so many actual business models (paid subscription or supported with advertising/funding). But these sites show creativity and I applaud it.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:51:39 +0000

Here’s one to wrap your head around: A San Francisco-based news organization that is nonprofit and ad-free, much like PBS, NPR or Consumer Reports:

http://www.public-press.org

By: Bryan Murley

Bryan Murley — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:54:13 +0000

Okay, I’ll bite. How is this new. Two business models: advertisers and subscribers. Am I missing something?

By: Mark Briggs

Mark Briggs — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:44:22 +0000

Thanks. I hadn’t heard about that one. I’ll check it out.

By: Walter L. Johnson II

Walter L. Johnson II — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:21:57 +0000

How about Georgia News Beat, out of Albany, Georgia. http://georgianewsbeat.blogspot.com.