Why the Toronto Star sees micropayments as a key part of subscriber acquisition

Media Voices - 22nd October 2024

The Toronto Star launches micropayments

Toolkits - 19th July 2024

Toronto Star launches pay-per-article and daily passes for website access

Press Gazette - 19th July 2024

Torstar pioneers new revenue stream for Canadian publishers

News Media Canada - 18th July 2024

Washington Post explores ‘flexible’ payments amid editor change

The Media Leader - 4th June 2024

News publishers must get serious about rebooting news business models

Dominic Young for INMA - 30th January 2024

How Coca-Cola thinking could fix the news industry

Dominic Young for The Drum - 4th December 2023

Could micropayments give a boost to publishers?

The Media Leader - 13th September 2023

Why micropayment champion Blendle ditched the model and where it might fit in subscription strategies

Pugpig - 18th August 2023

Micropayments for news: With the right tech, revenue model could still take off

Press Gazette - 20th April 2023

News publishers should expand revenue strategy beyond subscribers to casual readers

INMA - 3rd April 2023

The Financial Future of News

Stripe - 5th October 2022

Newfangled #15: Saving Journalism One Wordle At A Time

Newfangled by Helen Dawson - 7th April 2022

INPUBLISHING DIGITA MAGAZINE

InPublishing - 24th March 2022

IS THE TIME RIGHT FOR MICROPAYMENTS FOR NEWS?

Reuters Institute for Journalism - 16th February 2022

THE EASIEST WAY FOR A PUBLISHER TO MAKE MONEY ONLINE

Bo Sacks’ Publisher’s Pandemic Roundtable Meets with Dominic Young - 4th January 2022

YOU’LL BE ABLE TO BUY A NEWSPAPER DAY PASS

Nieman Lab: Predictions for Journalism 2022 - 21st December 2021

WE CAN STILL MAKE MONEY FROM THE NEWS

Dominic Young for the British Journalism Review, 9th December 2021

A VIEW FROM THE US ON HOW UK HAS BECOME HOTBED OF NEWS MEDIA INNOVATION

Press Gazette - 24th November 2021

THE DEATH OF THIRD PARTY COOKIES

FIPP - 4th November 2021

FROM MICROPAYMENTS TO EBOOKS (AND NFTS): HOW PUBLISHERS CAN DIVERSIFY THEIR REVENUE

What’s New in Publishing - November 2021

Would you pay 20p to read a story rather than take out a subscription? Axate wants to support journalism and make news easier to read

This is Money (Daily Mail) - 13th October 2021

JOURNALISTS AND THE PEOPLE

Start Spreading the News - 24th July 2021

SUBSCRIPTIONS, SUBSTACK AND SISYPHUS… MOST PUBLISHERS WILL MISS OUT ON DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS REVENUE

Dominic Young for Press Gazette - 14th July 2021

EDITOR HITS OUT AT ‘CLICKS-FOR-QUIDS’ MODEL AS DAILY BRINGS IN NEW PAYMENT SYSTEM

Hold the Front Page - 5th May 2021

THERE'S NO SUSTAINABLE BIZ MODEL FOR MEDIA WORLDWIDE: AXATE'S DOMINIC YOUNG

Business Standard - 10th February 2021

BEYOND ADVERTISING? AN ARGUMENT FOR FOCUSING ON PAID-FOR CONTENT

Dominic Young for Press Gazette - 17th December 2020

GOOGLE CAN KEEP ITS $1BN – HERE'S HOW IT CAN ACTUALLY HELP THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY

Dominic Young for AdNews - 2nd November 2020

PAYWALLS, MICROPAYMENTS AND DONATIONS: HOW REGIONAL PRESS GIANTS ARE TRYING TO MAKE NEWS PAY

Press Gazette - 15th October 2020

GOOGLE'S $1BN FOR NEWS: WHY PUBLISHERS SHOULD BEWARE TECH GIANTS BEARING GIFTS

Dominic Young for Press Gazette - 9th October 2020

AS LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS SHIFT TO SUBSCRIPTION, THEY WONDER: WHAT SHOULD FACEBOOK’S ROLE BE?

Nieman Lab - 25th September 2020

PUBLISH LESS, BUT PUBLISH BETTER: PIVOTING TO PAID IN LOCAL NEWS

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism - 24th September 2020

CASUAL PAYMENTS COULD BE THE ANSWER IF MEDIA ADVERTISING VANISHES

INMA - 10th September 2020

READER REVENUE: WHAT ARE SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT PUBLISHERS CAN PUT IN PLACE TO GENERATE INCOME FROM THEIR READERSHIP?

Public Interest News Foundation - 10th September 2020

NESTA FUTURE NEWS FUND TELLS GOVERNMENT: 'ANTIQUATED' JOURNALISM INDUSTRY 'DESPERATELY UNDER-FUNDED' IN SOME AREAS

Press Gazette - 20th August 2020

PUBLIC INTEREST NEWS REQUIRES £10M-A-YEAR TO SUSTAIN INNOVATION, A REPORT FINDS

Journalism.co.uk - 19th August 2020

FUTURE NEWS PILOT FUND: END OF PROGRAMME REPORT

Nesta - 12th August 2020

NEWS SUBSCRIPTIONS AND THE LACK OF ALTERNATIVES &

MICROPAYMENTS AND TRANSACTION FEES

Adam Bowie - 22nd July 2020

HOW WOULD MEDIA COPE IF ADVERTISING REVENUE VANISHED?

The UK Brand Show - 29th June 2020

DON’T CALL THEM MICROPAYMENTS

Dominic Young for Columbia Journalism Review - 24th June 2020

READERS MOST LIKELY TO PAY FOR COURT STORIES ONLINE, PUBLISHER REVEALS

Hold the Front Page - 10th June 2020

DELIVERING NEWS IN A PANDEMIC

Nesta - 13th May 2020

FIPP INSIDER PODCAST EPISODE 3: HOW STARTUPS ARE EMPOWERING PUBLISHERS TO CREATE PAID-FOR CONTENT

FIPP - 13th May 2020

CASUAL PAYMENTS SYSTEM AXATE LAUNCHES ‘PAY IF YOU CAN’ FEATURE ON UK LOCAL NEWS SITES STRUGGLING AS A RESULT OF COVID-19

WAN-IFRA - 20th April 2020

AXATE RESEARCH SHOWS CONSUMERS WILLING TO PAY FOR LOCAL NEWS, AS SEVERAL LOCAL NEWS PUBLISHERS LAUNCH WITH ITS NEW ‘PAY IF YOU CAN’ FEATURE

WAN-IFRA - 20th April 2020

RESEARCH SHOWS CONSUMERS ARE MORE WILLING TO PAY FOR LOCAL NEWS THAN BEFORE COVID-19

Prolific London - 20th April 2020

COULD MICROPAYMENTS FILL THE REVENUE GAP BETWEEN MEMBER AND NONMEMBERS?

Associations Now - 30th March 2020

‘DISRUPTING THE DISRUPTERS – HOW THE BIGGEST NETWORK ON THE INTERNET BELONGS TO PUBLISHERS’ IN UNDERSTANDING VALUE IN MEDIA: PERSPECTIVES FROM CONSUMERS AND INDUSTRY (PAGE 16).

Dominic Young for World Economic Forum - 31st March 2020

MORE VALUABLE THAN EVER, BUT LESS REVENUE: CORONAVIRUS HAS SHOWN US THAT THE NEWS INDUSTRY NEEDS TO CHANGE

Dominic Young for What’s New in Publishing - 26th March 2020

WHY A CORONA-CRISIS IN LOCAL MEDIA AFFECTS US ALL, AND HOW IT CAN BE PREVENTED.

Wilson Fletcher on Medium - 20th March 2020

AXATE PLATFORM INTRODUCES NEW FUNCTION TO HELP STRUGGLING LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS

Prolific London - 19th March 2020

LOCAL NEWS MATTERS: WEEKLY INTRODUCES MICRO-PAYWALL AND BUREAU LOCAL LAUNCHES PROJECT TO 'CHANGE THE STORY'

Press Gazette - 11th March 2020

WHY LOCAL NEWS MATTERS AND WHY WE ARE MAKING IMPORTANT CHANGES TO OUR WEBSITE

Rotherham Advertiser - 11th March 2020

ROTHERHAM ADVERTISER INTRODUCES PARTIAL PAYWALL

Prolific North - 11th March 2020

WEEKLY LAUNCHES WEB PAYWALL AS READERS DEMAND MORE ONLINE NEWS

Hold the Front Page - 11th March 2020

19 UK NEWS ORGANISATIONS TO RECEIVE GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOLLOWING CAIRNCROSS REVIEW

Journalism.co.uk - 18th February 2020

THE FUTURE NEWS PILOT FUND: MEET THE GRANTEES

Nesta UK - 18th February 2020

TORTOISE, PRESS PAD AND BRISTOL CABLE AMONG 17 JOURNALISM INNOVATION FUND RECIPIENTS

Press Gazette - 18th February 2020

ANNOUNCING THE BGV TEAMS OF THE FUTURE OF NEWS PILOT FUND

Bethnal Green Ventures - 18th February 2020

THE 19 PROJECTS GETTING GOVERNMENT MONEY TO SHOW THEY COULD BE THE FUTURE OF LOCAL NEWS

Behind Local News - 18th February 2020

NEWS PAYMENT STARTUP AXATE WINS SUPPORT FROM FUTURE NEWS FUND

Prolific London - 18th February 2020

WEEKLIES TO GET PAYWALL HELP THANKS TO GOVERNMENT-BACKED FUND

Hold the Front Page - 18th February 2020

WHY MICROPAYMENTS AREN’T DEAD … YET

What’s New in Publishing - 30th January 2020

MY START-UP: AXATE

Prolific London - 21st January 2020

MICROPAYMENTS FOR NEWS? AXATE’S DOMINIC YOUNG ON THE WILL OF THE WALLET

The Drum - 28th November 2019

NO PLATFORMS? THE FUTURE OF NEWS?

INMA Webinar with Dominic Young (video) - 13th November 2019

THE NEW INTERNET: NEWS MEDIA MOVES BEYOND DIGITAL PLATFORMS

INMA Webinar with Dominic Young (summary) - 13th November 2019

CAIRNCROSS: ‘EXPERIMENTAL’ FUNDING MODELS WILL TEACH NEWS PUBLISHERS WHAT READERS ARE WILLING TO PAY FOR

Journalism.co.uk - 30th October 2019

FACEBOOK NEWS TAB: PUBLISHERS SHOULD BE SKEPTICAL

Dominic Young for What’s New in Publishing - 29th October 2019

WHERE ARE WE AT WITH MICROPAYMENTS?

Content Insights via What’s New in Publishing - 15th October 2019

10 STARTUPS SOLVING KEY ISSUES FOR MEDIA COMPANIES AND MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS

Digital Innovators Summit - 10th October 2019

DOMINIC YOUNG SPEAKS TO THE UK BRAND SHOW

The UK Brand Show - 7th October 2019

CORNWALL LIVE PUBLISHER EXPERIMENTS WITH ASKING READERS TO PAY-AS-THEY-GO FOR NEWS ARTICLES

Cornwall Reports - 18th September 2019

AS EXAMINERLIVE LAUNCHES WITH AXATE, WE LOOK AT WHAT THE TEAM IN HUDDERSFIELD HAS LEARNED SINCE CHARGING FOR LOCAL JOURNALISM

Behind Local News - 15th September 2019

REACH BECOMES LATEST REGIONAL PUBLISHER TO LAUNCH ONLINE PAYWALL TRIAL

Hold the Front Page - 6th September 2019

MEDIA PAYWALLS & MICROPAYMENTS, PATREON LOANS & RIAA PROFITS

Cybercultural - 6th September 2019

REACH LAUNCHES FIRST PAYWALL TRIAL ON REGIONAL WEBSITE

Press Gazette - 5th September 2019

BEYOND SUBSCRIPTIONS: REDEFINING THE VALUE EXCHANGE BETWEEN AUDIENCE AND PUBLISHER

Digital Content Next - 29th August 2019

FACEBOOK IS CALLING PUBLISHERS’ BLUFF WITH ITS NEWS TAB

Dominic Young for The Drum - 27th August 2019

PUBLISHERS’ PAYWALL TRIAL TO AID INVESTMENT IN ‘HIGH-QUALITY’ JOURNALISM

Hold the Front Page - 14th August 2019

SIX ILIFFE MEDIA WEBSITES GO BEHIND PARTIAL PAYWALL IN EXPERIMENT TO ‘HELP SUSTAIN LOCAL NEWS’

Press Gazette - 14th August 2019

THE PROBLEM WITH MODERN PUBLISHING: MAKING MONEY.

Dominic Young for Whats New in Publishing - 8th August 2019

FREE NEWS ‘NOT SUSTAINABLE’ SAYS EDITOR AS WEEKLY BRINGS IN PAYWALL

Hold the Front Page - 29th July 2019

THE ADVERTISER AT 150: A LOOK TO THE FUTURE OF THE NEWSPAPER

The Maidenhead Advertiser - 29th July 2019

WHAT IS AXATE AND WHY ARE WE INTRODUCING IT?

Newbury Today - 25th July 2019

PAYWALLS PROMOTE MISINFORMATION

One Man and His Blog - 8th July 2019

BETTER BRITAIN: PERMISSION AND PAYMENT – A BETTER INTERNET

Dominic Young for Reaction - 6 June 2019

FIVE TRAILBLAZING NEWS START-UPS FOR JOURNALISTS

Reuters Community - 29th May 2019

A NEW INITIATIVE AIMS TO PROVE MICROPAYMENTS WORK FOR PUBLISHERS

WAN-IFRA - 15th May 2019

HOW PUBLISHERS ARE CREATING THE RIGHT MEMBERSHIP MODEL FOR THEIR READERS

Editor & Publisher - 6th May 2019

MICROPAYMENTS CAN UNLOCK "AN ENTIRE ECONOMY" BETWEEN ADS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 

What’s New in Publishing - May 2019

WHY OLD-FASHIONED MEDIA SYNDICATION DEALS ARE MAKING A COMEBACK

Dominic Young for The Drum - 3rd May 2019

HAS ZUCKERBERG CHANGED HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH PUBLISHERS AFTER APPLE NEWS LAUNCH?

The Drum - 4th April 2019

WHY APPLE'S MOOTED 'NETFLIX FOR NEWS' IS BAD FOR JOURNALISM

Dominic Young for The Drum - 25th March 2019

BAYLIS MEDIA OFFERS PAY-AS-YOU-GO NEWS ONLINE

News Media UK -

TAKING BACK TRUST IN JOURNALISM THROUGH PERSONALISATION, NEW PAYMENT MODELS

FIPP - 21st March 2019

MICROPAYMENTS CAN HELP ONLINE PUBLISHERS INCREASE REVENUE WITHOUT ASKING FOR SUBSCRIPTION

Journalism.co.uk - 11th March 2019

CORNWALL LOCAL INTRODUCES PAY-AS-YOU-GO OFFER ALONGSIDE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO GIVE READERS MORE CONTROL

Press Gazette - 7th March 2019

NEW BUSINESS MODELS FOR JOURNALISM

One Man and His Blog - 6th March 2019

CORNISH HYPERLOCAL INTRODUCES NEW PAY-AS-YOU-GO FEATURE

Community Journalism - 4th March 2019

NETFLIX FOR NEWS? THINK AGAIN

Dominic Young for What’s New in Publishing - 15th January 2019

Q&A: AGATE TAKES MICROPAYMENTS ONE STEP FORWARD 

What’s New in Publishing - 6th November 2018

HOW INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY COULD FURTHER THE POTENTIAL FOR MICROPAYMENT 

What’s New in Publishing - 26th October 201

HAS THE TIME COME FOR CONTENT MICROPAYMENTS?

DIS - 23rd October 2018

POPBITCH REVEALS THOUSANDS OF READERS SIGNED UP IN WAKE OF 'MICRO-PAYWALL' LAUNCH

Press Gazette - 18th October 2018

PUBLISHERS GIVE MICROPAYMENTS A NEW LOOK TO APPEAL TO CASUAL READERS 

Digiday - 9th August 2018