There’s one feature that could be very useful for journalists and other Twitter packrats, but otherwise, it’s kinda meh. (And no, that’s not a real edit button.)
Instead of taking 30% of new subscribers’ payments, it’ll take 15%. The money’s welcome, but it’s also a reminder of how little control publishers have over the terms they get from tech giants.
For more than a decade, handing 30 percent of subscription revenues to the tech giants has just been the cost of doing business. A gaming fight could unlock new ways to pay.
“Being able to link the promo code to heartfelt messages of why local journalism is so important right now is like a one-two punch that we thought would be powerful with readers.”
Quah, Nicholas. "Who could have predicted that Podcoin, an app that promised to pay you to listen to podcasts, didn’t work out." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 24 Sep. 2019. Web. 12 May. 2023.
APA
Quah, N. (2019, Sep. 24). Who could have predicted that Podcoin, an app that promised to pay you to listen to podcasts, didn’t work out. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved May 12, 2023, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/09/who-could-have-predicted-that-podcoin-an-app-that-promised-to-pay-you-to-listen-to-podcasts-didnt-work-out/
Chicago
Quah, Nicholas. "Who could have predicted that Podcoin, an app that promised to pay you to listen to podcasts, didn’t work out." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified September 24, 2019. Accessed May 12, 2023. https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/09/who-could-have-predicted-that-podcoin-an-app-that-promised-to-pay-you-to-listen-to-podcasts-didnt-work-out/.
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