Journalism has changed fundamentally with digitalization. In part in its content, in its formats, and also and perhaps especially in its infrastructure and the way in which it is financed. Traditional subscription models of daily or weekly newspapers, for example, have fallen behind, and the secure pillar of income from advertising has also crumbled. Although digital equivalents have emerged, they are far from being able to fully replace the old ones. Completely different business models are needed – and these have developed and continue to develop.
In this episode, we will ask: What role do small digital participation models play in journalism? Do small payments, does the idea of a “mini-payment” help to finance it into a new phase of serious journalistic work? Or are the effects of digitalization leading traditional and even less traditional media into precariousness, and are the payment models based on small payments changing them for the worse, towards pure entertainment? And what does “micropayment” actually mean in journalism – one-off payments, subscriptions or individual purchases?
Guests
Ann-Kathrin Liedtke is head of online payment strategies and memberships at taz, where she has worked since 2016. Before that, she was responsible for the taz blogs and program editor at taz lab.
Sebastian Esser is Managing Director of the Steady platform. He has also been co-chairman of the cooperative and editor of the magazine Krautreporter since 2014.
André Peschke co-founded “The Pod” with Jochen Gebauer, one of the most successful gaming podcasts in Germany, after being video editor-in-chief at Gamestar.
Further Information:
The Colombia Journalism Review article quoted in the podcast can be read here. A more in-depth interview with media researcher Christian-Mathias Wellbrock can be found here.
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