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Topic: Could Online Cultural Journalism Be Profitable?

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GalleyCat Posted – 7/16/2007 6:38:42 PM | show profile
In a recent WSJ column, Terry Teachout suggested that while the cultural criticism being produced by bloggers is often "sharper, livelier and timelier than their old-media competition, what makes for consistently excellent cultural reporting is consistent institutional support (read: money); "the problem is that fewer and fewer newspapers seem willing to do that."

But is there a third way: could a newspaper or some other financial backer create the cultural equivalent of a Talking Points Memo--an Arts & Letter Daily with original content, if you prefer--and make the numbers work?
mkelly Posted – 7/17/2007 9:07:39 AM | show profile
With lots of ads for 'Beauty & The Geek,' 'Reno 911' and eHarmony.com, sure.
holly.wehmeyer Posted – 7/17/2007 5:14:23 PM | show profile
RE: Could Online Journalism Be Profitable?
I pay for a weekly electronic arts newsletter called ArtsJournal. They offer a free version, but I pay for the premium. However, very little of it is original material. It's a collection of articles from other media, both U.S. and UK. But if it were original content, perhaps they could charge a higher fee.
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