http://www.thestandard.com/node/135430/comments comments feed. en http://www.thestandard.com/predictions/paid-news-startup-journalism-online-announces-three-major-u-s-newspaper-customers-june-3 <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p>The paid-news startup <a href="http://www.journalismonline.com/">Journalism Online</a> is developing a subscription-based service that will let newspaper publishers charge readers for some of their digital content. There is a great deal of interest in generating online subscriber revenue, thanks to the recession, <a href="/news/2009/05/22/another-study-shows-craigslist-killing-newspapers">new competition</a>, and the inability of publishers to use online ad revenue to offset the drop of print ad revenue and print subscribers. </p> <p>Last week, co-founder Steven Brill <a href="http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-newspaper-publishers-hold-another-secret-confab-on-paid-content/">presented</a> the Journalism Online business model at the Newspaper Association of America's annual meeting. At the meeting were representatives from the New York Times, Gannett, Scripps, McClatchy, Hearst, and other publishers, and the company has also given personal presentations to other publishers in recent weeks. </p> <p>Brill claimed in <a href="http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/06/how-steve-brill-pitched-newspaper-executives-on-charging-for-online-content-and-why-theyre-buying-it/">an interview with the Harvard Nieman Journalism Lab blog</a> that his company will announce deals with at least a &quot;couple&quot; of publishers this month. However, it's not known how many publishers will opt to sign on to Brill's plan, as opposed to developing their own product or partnering with another company.</p> <p>Journalism Online will reportedly <a href="http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-opening-up-closed-doors-what-news-execs-asked-brill/">launch in the fall</a>.  </p> <p><b>Prediction:</b> On or before June 30, Journalism Online announces deals with three of the 15 largest daily newspapers in the United States based on daily circulation at the beginning of 2009, <a href="/predictions/one-top-15-daily-u-s-newspapers-goes-web-only">as listed on this page</a>.  </p> <p><i>Image: A stack of newspapers (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drb62/2054107736/">DRB62/Flickr</a>, creative commons license) </i></p> <p><b>Related predictions:</b> </p> <p><a href="/predictions/nyt-starts-charging-readers-web-subscription">The New York Times charges readers a web subscription?</a></p> <p><a href="/predictions/one-top-15-daily-u-s-newspapers-goes-web-only">One of top 15 daily U.S. newspapers goes web-only? </a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://www.thestandard.com/predictions/paid-news-startup-journalism-online-announces-three-major-u-s-newspaper-customers-june-3#comments Business &amp; Finance co:Journalism Online people:Steve Brill Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:55:52 -0400 Ian Lamont 135430 at http://www.thestandard.com http://www.thestandard.com/predictions/paid-news-startup-journalism-online-announces-three-major-u-s-newspaper-customers-june-3 <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p>The paid-news startup <a href="http://www.journalismonline.com/">Journalism Online</a> is developing a subscription-based service that will let newspaper publishers charge readers for some of their digital content. There is a great deal of interest in generating online subscriber revenue, thanks to the recession, <a href="/news/2009/05/22/another-study-shows-craigslist-killing-newspapers">new competition</a>, and the inability of publishers to use online ad revenue to offset the drop of print ad revenue and print subscribers. </p> <p>Last week, co-founder Steven Brill <a href="http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-newspaper-publishers-hold-another-secret-confab-on-paid-content/">presented</a> the Journalism Online business model at the Newspaper Association of America's annual meeting. At the meeting were representatives from the New York Times, Gannett, Scripps, McClatchy, Hearst, and other publishers, and the company has also given personal presentations to other publishers in recent weeks. </p> <p>Brill claimed in <a href="http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/06/how-steve-brill-pitched-newspaper-executives-on-charging-for-online-content-and-why-theyre-buying-it/">an interview with the Harvard Nieman Journalism Lab blog</a> that his company will announce deals with at least a &quot;couple&quot; of publishers this month. However, it's not known how many publishers will opt to sign on to Brill's plan, as opposed to developing their own product or partnering with another company.</p> <p>Journalism Online will reportedly <a href="http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-opening-up-closed-doors-what-news-execs-asked-brill/">launch in the fall</a>.  </p> <p><b>Prediction:</b> On or before June 30, Journalism Online announces deals with three of the 15 largest daily newspapers in the United States based on daily circulation at the beginning of 2009, <a href="/predictions/one-top-15-daily-u-s-newspapers-goes-web-only">as listed on this page</a>.  </p> <p><i>Image: A stack of newspapers (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drb62/2054107736/">DRB62/Flickr</a>, creative commons license) </i></p> <p><b>Related predictions:</b> </p> <p><a href="/predictions/nyt-starts-charging-readers-web-subscription">The New York Times charges readers a web subscription?</a></p> <p><a href="/predictions/one-top-15-daily-u-s-newspapers-goes-web-only">One of top 15 daily U.S. newspapers goes web-only? </a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://www.thestandard.com/predictions/paid-news-startup-journalism-online-announces-three-major-u-s-newspaper-customers-june-3#comments Business &amp; Finance co:Journalism Online people:Steve Brill Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:55:52 -0400 Ian Lamont 135430 at http://www.thestandard.com