News Revenue Hub Expands as Journalism Membership Programs Grow
The News Revenue Hub has helped five news organizations raise more than $1 million in member-driven revenue. News Revenue Hub, an initiative by Voice of San Diego to bring membership…
Initiative Experiments With Membership Models to Support Journalism
In an era where “layoffs” and “cash-strapped” are the words most often associated with traditional newsrooms, the effort to find ways for journalism to turn a profit — or at…
Membership programs are paying off for news outlets — and so is helping them...
After helping five pilot news organizations together raise more than $1 million in six months, the News Revenue Hub has spun off into its own standalone organization. News Revenue Hub,…
Voice of San Diego is expanding its News Revenue Hub to support more newsrooms...
The News Revenue Hub, which launched in November as a pilot under the Voice of San Diego umbrella, is becoming a standalone organization. Over the last seven months, the initiative…
Billionaire-supported but looking to expand its coverage, The Intercept also...
Seeking to build out a reader-supported membership program, The Intercept has joined on with News Revenue Hub. The news organization supported by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar as part of the…
NYU and De Correspondent Launch New Laboratory for Community Supported...
Democracy Fund’s investment in this project builds on more than $18 million in earlier grants which have focused on supporting a vibrant public square in America. We are particularly excited…
Readers seem willing to pay for news sites centered around a place. What about...
The Marshall Project is one of the newest members of the News Revenue Hub, a group of news organizations established last fall by the California nonprofit Voice of San Diego,…
4 Lessons from the Launch of the News Revenue Hub
What happens when five news organizations enlist in a program to launch (or re-launch) their membership programs together? In December 2016, the Voice of San Diego launched the News Revenue…
PolitiFact Raised $105,000 in 20 Days Through Its Newly Launched Membership...
PolitiFact had been working on its membership program for at least six months. It got help from the Voice of San Diego’s News Revenue Hub, an initiative launched late last…
Media Leaders Spill Their Revenue Secrets to Kai Ryssdal at ONA
While journalism business models remain in an often painful state of flux, three revenue sources have proven themselves to be both resilient and fruitful, especially when used together: membership, smarter…