Lokal, a location-based community information app in India, experimented with monetizing shoutouts and hyperlocal classified ads. It earned them $60,000 in March.
“People don’t just pay for the product and the content. People pay for the idea behind it and the credibility. There’s a good will among the people to support independent journalism in Kashmir.”
“There was a lot of convincing each other and bursting each other’s bubbles. You don’t want people to be too drunk on Kool-Aid or too cynical, as journalists tend to be.”
Sam, Cyril. "In India, news aggregator apps are struggling to find a path to sustainability." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 13 Jan. 2020. Web. 16 Apr. 2024.
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Chicago
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