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Learn from the leading voice in micropayments and user-centric monetization

It is time to empower the creator economy, providing sustainable revenue models for content creators of all kinds. I believe that there is a whole universe living between ads and subscriptions and that it’s time for user-centric models that allow audiences to consume content seamlessly, in a manner they want to consume it.

On this site, I discuss the ways creators can create new, sustainable revenue streams, one piece of content at a time – just by connecting directly with their audiences.

I hope you’ll join me on our journey!

We need new ways to support our artistic communities

Posted on October 22, 2020November 19, 2020 by Cosmin

I’ve written a number of times about how the way that people want to consume content – news, video, music, even art – has fundamentally changed. The Internet has shifted the model […]

What Tony Haile gets wrong about zero-sum publishing

Posted on August 22, 2020November 19, 2020 by Cosmin

Scroll CEO Tony Haile states that publishers are operating in a “one slot world,” where consumers are unlikely to hold more than one news subscription. Tony’s solution is for publishers […]

The (Utterly Predictable) Decline of Advertising

Posted on August 5, 2020November 19, 2020 by Cosmin

The advertising industry is in freefall. Particularly when it comes to publishing, and particularly online. 2020 has been especially disastrous, with the impact of COVID-19 causing businesses of all kinds […]