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The centralized News Revenue Hub is helping a pilot group of five news organizations — Honolulu Civil Beat, InsideClimate News, The Lens, NJ Spotlight, and PolitiFact — with everything from technical installation to email targeting.
The Oklahoma-based investigative site had about 750 subscribers paying $30 a month.
The Pierre Omidyar-backed news site is dropping its paywall and launching a membership program as part of the change.
The Honolulu Civil Beat and the Honolulu Star-Advertiser both introduced paywalls a couple of years ago. Now their strategies are showing signs of stagnation.
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“Based on what I’ve seen from Omidyar, he believes journalism is a vehicle toward a better functioning democracy.” Adrienne LaFrance
The Civil Beat Law Center for Public Interest will be independent of the news site and offer counsel and representation in challenges to information requests.
The Hawaii news site is looking to organizations like the Texas Tribune to get beyond its subscription-based business model.