Ten months after going independent, Andrew Sullivan's politics blog the Dish has hit $791,000 in subscriber revenue. The goal for the year is $900,000. October saw a surge in membership numbers because of the government shutdown.…
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Six months in, Andrew Sullivan’s Dish hits 28,000 paid subs and revenues of $715k
Since politics blog The Dish went independent six months ago, it's raised $715,000 and has about 28,000 paid subscribers. That's close to its goal of $900,000 for the first year, but most of the subscriptions came very early on.…
Read MoreAndrew Sullivan says it’s “unlikely” The Dish will reach its $900,000 goal
Popular politics blog The Dish, which went independent and added a metered paywall at the beginning of this year, is probably not going to reach its $900,000 goal, founder Andrew Sullivan says.…
Read MoreAndrew Sullivan rolls out $1.99/month payment option for The Dish
Andrew Sullivan added a new payment option for The Dish Monday: Users will now be able to pay by the month. Previously, they were only offered a yearly subscription option.…
Read MoreCiting “flat-lined” sales, Andrew Sullivan’s Dish lowers paywall to 5 free stories every 60 days
Andrew Sullivan's The Dish is tightening its paywall. Users will now be able to access 5 free "read-on" stories every 60 days, down from seven stories every 30 days.…
Read MoreThree weeks in, it may be time for Andrew Sullivan to tweak The Dish’s metered paywall
A little over three weeks into its metered paywall model, Andrew Sullivan's The Dish has raised an additional $93,000. The pace of subscriptions seems to be slowing, so how can Sullivan keep it up?…
Read MorepaidContent turns 10: A brief history of digital media
Remember when Friendster was the hot social network, publishers doubted that ebooks would ever sell, and Netflix (s NFLX) thought DVDs in red envelopes was the future? We do -- that was that state of digital media when paidContent launched in 2002.…
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