While media moguls gather at tony retreats and gaze into the abyss into which the digital revolution has cast their business models, a simple button developed by a scrappy startup
may turn out to be the killer app that saves their hides. Welcome to PayCheckr...

The PayCheckr button - click it!



Wednesday, September 30, 2009

NYT pay model

Keller says NYT pay model will come from the gut ... or you could let the users choose how to pay

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Diller says "Of course people will pay for content"

Read story via WebNewser. All that's needed is a simple, user-centric tool. Like...oh...I don't know...PayCheckr?

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Friday, August 28, 2009

Barry Diller's new model

Sponsored web content : if it works, we'd like to aggregate it under the PayCheckr button

Monday, August 17, 2009

FT feels vindicated by paid content Web strategy

"Two years ago, when other media executives were convinced that the only way to succeed on the Web was to give away their content, “we were regarded as slightly freakish,” says John Ridding, chief executive of The Financial Times. (read more on NYT)

Friday, August 14, 2009

update on JournalismOnline (via BtoBonline)

New York—Journalism Online, a company formed in April to help publishers generate more revenue from online content, announced Thursday that publishers representing 506 newspapers and magazines (176 dailies and 330 nondailies) as well as publishers of leading global news sites have signed letters of intent to become its affiliates.

Journalism Online said end users will be able to use one universal Journalism Online account to gain access to subscriber content at the Web sites of all its affiliates.

“Every publisher we have met with is now seeking to generate revenues for online access, which is a huge shift in strategy,” Journalism Online co-founder Gordon Crovitz said in a statement. “The interest shown by our affiliates and many other publishers with whom we are intensely engaged confirms the need for a sophisticated commerce platform to meet the challenges facing the media industry.”

Monday, August 3, 2009

PayCheckr at MediaBistro Panel on Online Business Models

Paycheckr.com founder Allan Hoving, Netizen blogger
Paramendra Bhagat, and John Lee Media owner John Lee.


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Sunday, July 26, 2009

Will Anyone Pay for Anything? (video of Guy Kawasaki panel)

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

PayCheckr at RJI event in DC

Just discovered this audio post from the RJI event PayCheckr attended in DC last May.

Monday, July 20, 2009

min Online compiling paid-content models

Pay-to-Play: Hidden Treasures

MediaBistro panel on Business Models

here's a writeup of the event

As I mentioned during question time, I don't think we need to figure out "the model": we can aggregate all the models and let the users choose the ones they prefer on an individual basis.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Netizen blog by Paramendra Bhagat

The Netizen blog by Paramendra Bhagat is our very first alpha-tester. Thank you!

He is pioneering the solution. See what he links to with his PayCheckr button.