Salon’s New Online Initiative Allows Tipping of Real Money

CNET has a report on Salon.com new media outlet whereby members of “Open Salon” can tip the bloggers with real-world money. Content with the most tips or the most popularity will make its way from the user-generated community to the front page of Salon.com.

I’m still pondering whether I like this idea or not. On the one hand, Salon gets free content without having to pay journalists or bloggers. Instead, it’s kind of a direct subscription sort of thing which can be good and bad.

JaneJane is a long time romance reader whose passion is, you guessed it, reading. She's currently loving contemporary authors like Sarah Mayberry and Kristan Higgins but her first love will always be the historical. Some of her old time favorites are Amanda Quick and Johanna Lindsey and some of the new favorites are Sherry Thomas, Joanna Bourne and Claudia Dain. Email this author | All posts by Jane

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