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Re: Partnering with publishers for a better journalism experience

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I got the following when I tried the link to subscribe:

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Re: Partnering with publishers for a better journalism experience

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post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s an MVP. It doesn’t have to work.

So what does viable mean?

It's conceptually viable; it's just not materially viable yet.

In all seriousness, I seem to remember that there was a practice of testing for viability using very similar means – basically, are people interested enough to click through, then collect emails.

So perhaps this is a path to demonstrate viability by questionnaire.

Re: Partnering with publishers for a better journalism experience

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post #3

If the same service could be used for paywalled news sites as well, this could be great

I don't know how viable it maybe be for you, but that is one of the goals for Apple News Plus, to bundle newspaper subscriptions in one place.

Re: Partnering with publishers for a better journalism experience

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post #3

If the same service could be used for paywalled news sites as well, this could be great

Isn't there a danger it'll end up like streaming tv where you have to pay netflix, apple, disney, amazon etc etc because it's not all in one place?
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