By Dom Burch

A few years ago my brother shared an idea with me about a micropayments system he and his friend, Matt, had developed to help small cooperatives earn money.

It prompted me at the time (August 2013) to consider whether the media industry could apply the same model. Rather than newspapers expecting me to subscribe to a whole week of content, why not let me pay a small amount to read the article of my choice, a simple pay as you go model that could just as easily be applied to interesting blogs, or content rich websites.

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Source: The Drum