June 17, 2016

Honolulu Civil Beat Becomes Nonprofit, Drops Paywall, Adopts Membership Model

Last week Honolulu Civil Beat, a news outlet focused on public affairs reporting, turned six years old. To celebrate, the digital news site announced big changes to its structure: it is becoming a nonprofit, it removed its paywall, and it has adopted a membership model. It has also joined the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN). Until the IRS approves Civil Beat’s nonprofit status, INN is serving as its fiscal sponsor so any new contributions to Civil Beat are tax deductible.

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Weekly Subscription News Round-up for June 17

In this week’s subscription headlines, Visa focuses on fraud, The Economist’s Espresso goes beyond the headlines, Spotify plots to become profitable, and Forbes’ Sales Chief says ad blocking is an ‘existential threat.’ In addition, we’ve got headlines from Apple, IAB, Snapchat and the Washington Post. See what we’re reading this week at Subscription Insider.

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