“Keep in mind that, especially in a campaign like this, tons of people talk about what we’re trying to do. So the idea that you can keep all these people on message all the time would be kind of totalitarian, right?”
Ad-free, member-funded, and Dutch: The team behind the breakout success De Correspondent is translating its ideas into English (and Judd Apatow is on board).
“We want to find people who recognize the potential of the audience, and are looking to capitalize on this potential and pull together a learning group to try some things and see what emerges.”
It’s built a membership-driven model that produces trust, connection, and good journalism. But can it extend that approach to the hurly-burly of the American media market?
The NYU professor explains why he’s working with De Correspondent on its U.S. launch — and why figuring out a trusted membership model is key to journalism’s future.
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APA
Doctor, K. (2017, Feb. 23). Newsonomics: Softbank, Fortress, Trump – and the real story of Gatehouse’s boundless ambition. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved January 22, 2021, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/02/newsonomics-softbank-fortress-trump-and-the-real-story-of-gatehouses-boundless-ambition/
Chicago
Doctor, Ken. "Newsonomics: Softbank, Fortress, Trump – and the real story of Gatehouse’s boundless ambition." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified February 23, 2017. Accessed January 22, 2021. https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/02/newsonomics-softbank-fortress-trump-and-the-real-story-of-gatehouses-boundless-ambition/.
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