Partnering with publishers for a better journalism experience

Re:Partnering with publishers for a better journalism experi... by SanchoPanda on Thursday July 04, 2019 @09:57AM (#20354675)

Blendle has been offering this service for years, though I believe they recently are backing away from it. I used it for a while several years ago, but I found using small transactions frequently to be very uncomfortable (as in off-putting, not so much inconvenient).

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Re:Partnering with publishers for a better journalism experi... by mirimir on Thursday July 04, 2019 @11:15AM (#20355278)

I vaguely recall Blendle. And checking, they want ~€2 per article, which is way too much. Consider that a digital subscription to The NY Times costs $250-$500 per year.[0] That's 365 days, with numerous articles published per day. But for argument sake, divide by 5000. That's just $0.05-$0.10 per article.

0) https://dannysullivan.com/new-york-times-subscription-3480

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Re:Partnering with publishers for a better journalism experi... by SanchoPanda on Saturday July 06, 2019 @04:54PM (#20371888)

It was in the range of US$0.25-0.75, when I used it, but wouldn't you expect an a la cart offering to be more expensive than a bundle? The advantage is you dont have to pay that larger full year fee.

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