Episode 2.01 Take My Money Now!

A News App Without a Business Model

Tagged: economics, journalism, technology

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In which we discuss news app Circa, the value it provides in the rapidly evolving world of new journalism, and why we’re super sad about it. (Hint: it’s a Silicon Valley startup and you know what that means about its business model. Namely: as near as we can tell, they don’t have one.)

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