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Sarah ScireNovember 9, 2021

Twitter’s subscription product, Twitter Blue, launches in the U.S., and yes, it lets you undo tweets

Users willing to pay $2.99/month can get access to an undo button, a Nuzzel-like “Top Stories” feature, and ad-free articles that will send a portion of revenue back to publishers.

Sarah ScireMay 4, 2021

Eying a future subscription service, Twitter acquires the ad-free news startup Scroll

But we have bad news. The acquisition means that the handy news aggregator Nuzzel will be shut down.

Scroll, the ad-free news startup, tests a limited partnership with McClatchy

Sarah ScireMarch 25, 2020

Scroll and Mozilla’s Firefox team up to bring ad-free news to a wider audience

For publishers seeing their ad revenue crater amid coronavirus, Scroll’s pitch of a paid ad-free experience sounds awfully appealing.

Sarah ScireJanuary 28, 2020

Scroll promises a better Internet for users and more money for publishers, all for just five bucks

Former Chartbeat CEO Tony Haile hopes he’s found something at the intersection of ethical adblocking and news-flavored digital wellness. “It’s not just ‘Can you get rid of ads,’ but ‘What does a better internet look like?'”

Laura Hazard OwenFebruary 7, 2019

Tony Haile’s Scroll acquires the news-reading app Nuzzel (it’ll remain free)

“Nuzzel as a test kitchen.”

Christine SchmidtOctober 29, 2018

Hunting for reader revenue, Scroll sets up shop for 2019 with more publishers and $10 million raised

“The model is designed to reward engagement and loyalty. We think those things are the currency of publishing in the future, that relationship with the consumer. The better you do at that, the better you do under Scroll.”

Scroll, the $5/month news subscription startup, signs up The Atlantic, Business Insider, Fusion Media Group, Slate, and others

Ken DoctorDecember 15, 2017

Newsonomics: 15 terms that summed up 2017 in news and news coverage

From “meltdown” to “roll-up” to (of course) “fake.”

Ken DoctorOctober 25, 2017

Newsonomics: Can startup Invisibly be the new revenue stream publishers dream of?

Led by the cofounder of Square, Invisibly promises “four-figure CPMs” and a way to make big money off readers who won’t subscribe. It says it has most of the U.S. digital news industry on board. But is it just “an ad network dressed up as a savior for news sites”?

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