Paid Content Models Occasionally Work in Online Video [New Media Minute]
Everyone’s searching for a business model that works in the new media world. Well, how about this one? Getting paid. Yes, a crazy thought – actually having customers pay for a service. But, two business-to-business players recently shifted from ad-centric models to license fees and are starting to turn a profit. Those companies are production shop WatchMojo.com and platform company Magnify.net. For all the details on how they did it and what other new media businesses can learn, check out this week’s New Media Minute with Daisy Whitney.
[Editor’s Note: Daisy Whitney, joins us here at SiliconANGLE and Beet.TV each week with the New Media Minute, and update on what’s happening in the world of New Media and online video –mrh]
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