Might this be a model that could help bail out the j. biz?
From the Portfolio article:
"A one-year subscription will cost $19.95 (although subscribers to U.S. News & World Report will be able to download it for free). 'This is what every editor's trying to figure out right now -- how can I pay my reporters to do reporting?' says [editor Brian] Kelly. 'You've got to figure out a way where, on some level, the consumer is going to pay for some type of content." ..."The upside for the readers, he notes, is that they're only paying for content -- and not for the expense of shipping and printing. And because there's no need to budget time for those processes, U.S. News Weekly will have near-instantaneous turnaround: The magazine will close on Thursday night and be made available at noon on Friday."
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Interesting... a digital copy would save some money that would otherwise be spent on printing. I guess it makes sense, if you like reading a computer.
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