Comments on: Question of the every-so-often: Got any “charging-for-content” angles you think might work? http://joethink.com/blog/2009/04/question-of-the-every-so-often-got-any-charging-for-content-angles-you-think-might-work/ A Denver web developer and journalist's thoughts on local online journalism, community, context and storytelling. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:17:13 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-alpha hourly 1 By: Chris Amico http://joethink.com/blog/2009/04/question-of-the-every-so-often-got-any-charging-for-content-angles-you-think-might-work/comment-page-1/#comment-28918 Chris Amico Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:43:20 +0000 http://www.joethink.com/blog/?p=348#comment-28918 I've seen something like this with archives (still can't find the link) where everything is open and searchable, but you can hire a staffer to do the sifting and sorting for you. Your idea sounds like a clipping service most politicians already pay for, so maybe there's a market for it. Of course, this would be made easier if news orgs published content in a way that was findable and subscribable, like, "Give me an RSS feed of every article, blog post, and video about Congressman Smith." This should help with ad targeting, too. I’ve seen something like this with archives (still can’t find the link) where everything is open and searchable, but you can hire a staffer to do the sifting and sorting for you. Your idea sounds like a clipping service most politicians already pay for, so maybe there’s a market for it.

Of course, this would be made easier if news orgs published content in a way that was findable and subscribable, like, “Give me an RSS feed of every article, blog post, and video about Congressman Smith.” This should help with ad targeting, too.

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