Draft KNC10 application:
TITLE
newspaper-subscriptions.org
DESCRIPTION
Newspaper Subscription Network (NSN) allows community newspapers to sell website subscriptions while providing additional value to readers. Value to readers comes by way of access to all local newspaper content from member websites.
Consumers pay to subscribe to the participating newspaper nearest them geographically, included in the subscription fees is access to ALL other newspaper websites in the NSN network.
Subscribers are asked to pay the subscription fee to support their local newspaper, but NOT asked to pay again for each and every news source on the internet.
NEWS & INFORMATION DELIVERY TO GEOGRAPHIC COMMUNITIES
Increase financial sustainability for online newspapers. Provides incentives for competing newspapers to link to each other and collaborate.
WHAT IS UNIQUE?
Unlike commercial paywall solutions NSN would be open source with no proprietary logic or ulterior business motives. Subscriber data can be used to enhance advertising effectiveness, but participation is such activities is optional for each publisher.
In contrast to the current AP model, content will not be syndicated. Only unique content created by the publisher can be secured behind the subscription system. This is intended to act as a dis-incentive to publishers creating little original content and simply aggregating to collect subscription revenue.
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