“We don’t know if [this strategy] is going to make sense for us from a money perspective. We’re in the ‘out on a limb’ phase, not the ‘we’ve discovered a new business model’ phase.”
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Kickstarter is also walking away from its attempt at Patreon-like recurring support: “You and I both know it’s going to take more than a drip of money to help journalism.”
Plus: A subscription-first audio product doesn’t necessarily have to be big, grappling with politicians’ podcasts, and developments in podcast-to-broadcast.
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Wang, Shan. "On the heels of its own success, Spain’s Politibot is opening up a chatbot builder for other outlets." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 28 Jul. 2017. Web. 29 Mar. 2025.
APA
Wang, S. (2017, Jul. 28). On the heels of its own success, Spain’s Politibot is opening up a chatbot builder for other outlets. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 29, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/07/on-the-heels-of-its-own-success-spains-politibot-is-opening-up-a-chatbot-builder-for-other-outlets/
Chicago
Wang, Shan. "On the heels of its own success, Spain’s Politibot is opening up a chatbot builder for other outlets." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified July 28, 2017. Accessed March 29, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/07/on-the-heels-of-its-own-success-spains-politibot-is-opening-up-a-chatbot-builder-for-other-outlets/.
Wikipedia
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