I am trying. Closest I've got to is the Boston Globe. They took it (semi)-seriously , but ended up not going through.
It is a huge issue. Newspapers give everyone 90% off for a whole year in hopes of conversion (or customers forgetting to cancel), but they do not see this as an issue.
I don't think they'll do very well in the future if they refuse to change.
Another company that I know about who successfully sold/partnered with big news companies told me that it's almost impossible. The execs refuse to change and the only reason they got those partnerships were because of their advisors who were ex-media execs.
It's going to be an uphill battle, but I'm not writing it off just yet.
They don't officially have a future. And this is from a wannabe reporter..who once won a placement in a special edition of The Boston Globe. They gave up everything they are supposed to stand for and shot their supposed integrity in the face. The Buzzfeed/Gawker years finished them off. They should have paid for a mercenary team to rescue Daniel Pearl...instead the World watched his execution and expressed their sadness and shock PFFt!!!
Instead of investing in Timberland and ink factories-did you know ink sells for over $1k an ounce?-and whatever was growing laterally, they dug their heels in and now they are dead in all but name. Most of the "stories" they print are nothing more than ads and even the WSJ gutted itself after Murdoch bought them. The Personal finance section was one of the best with the best copywritten sales letter ever. They cut that too. But occasionally, I need a story and having to pile them up for several months to make the buy worthwhile is exceedingly annoying.
Hm. Where in the page did you get the idea that it's a passthrough API? Genuinely curious. If that's the case then I'll need to fix the page because that's not what it is.
The news industry could 100% do better. They're literally the ONLY industry that offers 90% off to everyone for a whole year...but seems to not see a problem with that. I made a post about it here https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sjunwikul_what-this-roman-emp...
Not only that, but subscriptions are going to kill startups.
33% of consumers wont get a new subscription unless they cancel an existing one.
Literally the definition of a zero-sum game as this number is increasing, but the new apps that come into market every single day are defaulting to subscriptions...
It depends on how much you use, sure. But the point is a lot of people aren't willing to get subscriptions but still wants to use new apps - maybe just once or twice to try things out. For these people who use apps once in a while, it's cheaper to pay for only what they use.
Not only that, but subscriptions are going to kill startups.
33% of consumers wont get a new subscription unless they cancel an existing one.
Literally the definition of a zero-sum game as this number is increasing, but the new apps that come into market every single day are defaulting to subscriptions...
