Monday, March 4, 2013 - Online Fee For All

The Internet isn’t the free-for-all it once was.

As news organizations realize that online ad revenue alone is not enough to support news-gathering operations, many have begun imposing so-called paywalls.... Read More

March 7, 2013 4:15 AM - How charging for premium content will save publishers from certain death

Malcolm CasSelle is CEO of MediaPass.

In the nearly 20 years that the Internet has grown into a mostly commercialized entity, many smaller media companies haven’t bothered to test whether an ad-supported business model is the most lucrative way to monetize their content... Read More

Jan. 16, 2013 - Weekly World News erects paywall, ending debate forever

The Weekly World News will move its website behind a paywall, the company announced Wednesday. Listen up, information-needs-to-be-free types: When Bat Boy goes behind a paywall, there’s nothing left to discuss... Read More

Jan 16, 2013 - Weekly World News' Is Getting a Paywall

Weekly World News, the source of dubious reportage like Elvis Presley sightings and pictures of shockingly obese housepets, has inked an agreement with MediaPass, which will erect a paywall for the publication... Read More

Jan 16, 2013 - Weekly World News Hides Bat Boy Behind a Paywall

Starting today, Weekly World News requires that you pay to access its thoroughly reported journalism. The new paywall follows the lead of lowbrow publications like The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal... Read More

January 16, 2013 - Wacky Tabloid Weekly World News Turns to LA Paywall Firm

Remember the Weekly World News, that black-and-white broadsheet next to the supermarket checkout that you used to scan regularly before Perez Hilton, TMZ and Radar Online?... Read More

January 16, 2013 - Weekly World News -- Purveyor of UFOs, Mutants, Divorces -- to Erect a Paywall

Elvis lives, mutants are taking over, UFOs are landing and Hillary Clinton is definitely divorcing Bill... Read More

January 16, 2013 - MediaPass Powers Weekly World News Paywall

n the quest to re-make the business of publishing and journalism, there's been a lot of hand wringing and debate over the merits and complexities of online paywalls... Read More

March 30, 2012 - Matt Mitchell discusses new business models for content creators

Can Online Publications Survive Without Charging?... Watch video

March 29, 2012 - Online Subscription Solution Raises $1.75M

MediaPass, a subscription manager for websites, announced that it has raised $1.75 million in series B funding. Established to offer monetization solutions for online content, MediaPass offers web publishers, big or small, a simple way to implement paid content models. While developing and applying a paywall can be complicated and time consuming, users of MediaPass simply need to... Read more

March 28, 2012 - Subscription Manager MediaPass Raises $1.75M

It’s no secret that publishers are scrambling to find ways of making money online. On the subscription/paywall side, a startup called MediaPass wants to help, and it just raised $1.75 million in Series B funding... Read more

January 31, 2012 - MailChimp Integrates with MediaPass for Paid Email Subscriptions

MailChimp today announced an integration with MediaPass, a leading subscription solution for websites, making it easy for publishers to send email campaigns to paid subscribers. With MailChimp Sync, customers using MediaPass to power digital subscriptions to their content, can effectively manage email campaigns for premium members... Read more

November 29, 2011 - MediaPass Selected For 2nd Consecutive Year

EContent Announces 100 Top Companies in the Digital Content Industry... Read more

September 11, 2011 - MediaPass Review!

JoomlaBlogger: Want To Charge For Joomla Content? Try the Free MediaPass Extension... Read more

September 8, 2011 - MediaPass Announces Joomla Extension for Subscription Service and Partners with iJoomla

MediaPass partners with iJoomla.com for its official launch of MediaPass for Joomla, a subscription service extension. Joomla publishers will be able to easily charge for premium articles or video content with MediaPass’ multiple implementation options... Read more

July 21, 2011 - MediaPass Review!

WPverse.com: MediaPass – A Promising New Content Subscription Plugin for WordPress... Read more

July 19, 2011 - MediaPass Launches Subscription Plugin for WordPress

Websites and Blogs Can Now Easily Charge For Premium Content by downloading the MediaPass plugin, enabling subscriptions on WordPress sites with the click of a button. Websites can charge for premium pages, specific articles and posts, or video content leveraging MediaPass’ multiple implementation options.... Read more