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“A Non-Profit Model for the New York Times?” is the title of a fascinating article published in May by Penelope Muse Abernathy, whose chair at the University of North Carolina is funded by the Knight Foundation, which is endowed with shares of Knight Newspapers (later part of Knight-Ridder).
“One Newspaper, Many Checkbooks”, Clark Hoyt, the public editor (ie, readers’ ombudsman) of the New York Times, revealed that the paper is already making use of charity.
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Spot.Us ...“Spot Us” is a project of the nonprofit Center for Media Change that allows an individual or group to take control of news in their community by sharing the cost (crowdfunding) to commission freelance journalists to write important, or uncovered news stories.
Spot.Us was founded by David Cohn and is made possible by the Knight News Challenge grant. The project is informed by many people including you!!!!"
Journalism Online "... intended to be a sort of iTunes for newspapers. Readers will be able to set up a simple account through which they can make purchases ranging from individual articles to annual subscriptions to multiple publications."