Twitter will soon offer its users the option to buy press articles individually, Elon Musk announced on Saturday, April 29, a solution that has been proposed many times but whose economic model has yet to be demonstrated.
“Starting next month, this platform (Twitter, editor’s note) will allow media publishers to charge readers, article by article, with a simple click,” wrote the head of the social network, who is constantly launching new projects. -sometimes with confusion-. since he bought the American company.
He did not provide further details on prices or operation.
old idea
The idea of a platform that allows the individual purchase of press articles from different publications, a form of alternative between the free online press supported by advertising and subscriptions, is not new, but it never achieved the expected success.
The pioneering Danish startup Blendle did not succeed in its bid to create a kind of iTunes of journalistic content. The company was bought in 2020 by the French group Cafeyn, which offers you… a subscription.
Elon Musk’s bet, like previous similar attempts, requires the participation of press publishers, who would have to agree to connect their content to the platform, which does not seem like an easy task given the chaotic history of this model and the now tarnished . Twitter reputation.
Source: BFM TV
