After years of unbundling, we see creators joining into collectives or coming back to publishers as contributors. What´s next for the creator economy? Thoughts and a modest proposal. Continue readingCreator economy: unbundling, rebundling and some issues to solve.
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The pandemic did not find El País unprepared: the invesment and commitment to data and science journalism paid off, and paved the way to the success of its subscription model. Continue readingRoads to a subscription-based model: El País.
It is not new that some publishers, after having invested in developing their own editorial platforms and adTech tools, have started a side business by licensing those solutions to other media…Continue readingAxios HQ: transforming an editorial format into a new business.
Patreon is the original champion of a new ecosystem that has been popularised in the late 2019 by Jin Li, a former investor at Andreessen Horowitz, and Adam Davidson, an American journalist working at the National Public Radio, under the charming name of “Passion Economy”.
In this ecosystem, passionate individuals and knowledge professionals can make money out of their talents and turn passions in a livelihood by developing a direct relationship with their audience and customers. Continue readingIs there a future beyond the platform economy? Yes, and it has a name: welcome to the passion economy.