The folks at Journalism Online certainly got the timing right, and their model seems to offer the kind of options and flexibility publishers need. We’re intrigued, anyway. But will they gain enough traction? Can they take it from good idea to good business?
- Alan Mutter is doubtful, writing that “the wheels seemingly have come off Journalism Online, the ambitious, global pay-wall initiative launched last year by serial entrepreneur Steven Brill.” Evidence: Just one announced customer so far.
- That customer being LancasterOnline.com, featured in the NYT here.
- Over at paidcontent.org, you can find screenshots of the Lancaster project, and also an upbeat memo sent from Brill and Gordon Crovitz to their “affiliates.”
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