Crowdfunding Feed

• PressPatron is getting readers to pay what they want for news — with an average one-time contribution of nearly NZ$50
  “People say you don’t value journalism because you’re not paying for the model, but I think the issue was they weren’t offered a model that resonated in the right way.” That’s the premise on which Alex Clark has been building his journalism revenue startup PressPatron. It’s his attempt to bridge the paywalls and subscriptions of...
• With an eye toward expansion, WhereBy.us invites its community to help build it as a company
  Seven months after launching its second newsletter product in a new city, WhereBy.us — a startup focused on being a parent company for local news organizations across the country — is gearing up for an expansion to three more cities this year and is inviting its members to become part of the company along the...
• Start your meetings with a folk song — and other ideas from the community-driven, crowdfunded Danish news site Zetland
  COPENHAGEN — Every Tuesday, the entire staff of the Danish news site Zetland gathers for a meeting around a long wooden table in the conference room of its airy office in a formerly industrial area of the city. A post shared by Zetland (@zetlandmagasin) on Mar 14, 2017 at 7:15am PDT Zetland’s business and approach to...