Minal Bopaiah

With 2 million paying subscribers and annual revenues approximating $78 million, Angie’s List is one of our favorite success stories in the online subscription business. Yet, like most successful companies, the site is not resting on its laurels. Angie’s List is in the process of launching My Storefront, a e-commerce platform that would allow vendors with an “A” or “B” grade to sell directly to Angie’s List subscribers. Goods and offers will appear in members’ search…

Just when every other newsroom seems to be shrinking, Politico is looking to hire 40 new staff members — 20 reporters and editors and 20 on the business side — largely thanks to its subscription revenues. Paywall Times previously wrote about Politico Pro, the site’s subscription-based notification service targeting DC policy wonks and insiders. At the time, the site already had 45 editorial staff members dedicated to the Pro service, and reported “overwhelming” renewal rates. And…

Rock Health recently came out with a report about the health information publishing industry that’s fascinating (see slide share below). Analysts say consumers are willing to spend $14 billion on digital health products. More interestingly, they are willing to spend more than half, a whopping $8.9 billion, on tools rating physicians and hospitals. This is great news for health publications, but also local papers, who have been trying to recoup the money lost in classified listing to…