Chicago Sun-Times Planning New Crypto-Related Endeavors
The Chicago Sun-Times certainly seems to be on a roll when it comes to their bitcoin adoption techniques. The paper became the first major news publication to allow subscribers to pay with bitcoin back in April, following a brief paywall test in early February. In a Wall Street Journal. BitBeat piece from last week, some interesting information came out with regard to some in-the-works plans the Sun-Times has when it comes to advertising and business expansion. The word is that the paper is planning to run advertisements with QR codes, which will allow readers to pay for the advertised....
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Chicago Sun Times seems to be embracing Bitcoin. The paper began taking bitcoin for subscriptions last month. A month in which 11% of their new sign-ups were paid for in bitcoin. The paper is going to be running ads with QR codes that will allow its readers to use bitcoin to buy products directly. The first test of this is new technology and the ads being placed in the paper will be a co-venture with a local ticket broker for tickets to a Jay-Z and Beyonce show at Soldier Field in Chicago this summer. “As newspapermen ourselves, we take special interest in the things that the group over at....
Readers who visit the Chicago Sun-Times today will notice something they aren't likely to have seen before: a bitcoin paywall separating them from their content. The Chicago Sun-Times is the ninth-largest newspaper in the United States, and the first major US publication to trial a bitcoin paywall. Instead of paying for a subscription, as patrons of the The Wall Street Journal or the Financial Times do, Chicago Sun-Times readers who visit the site on 1st February will be asked to donate bitcoin payments to the Taproot Foundation, or tweet about the nonprofit, in order to read articles. The....
Bitcoin paywall provider BitWall is partnering with the Chicago Sun-Times to conduct a 24-hour bitcoin paywall test. The experiment, the first of its kind for a major US publication, will happen on the Sun-Times website on 1st February. Readers accessing articles during this time will see an overlay "wall" before accessing an article. They will be given the option to pay to see the article with bitcoin, or to tweet the story for access. "We continue to experiment and test new technologies that we believe engage our readers and look forward to being the first major USA newspaper to test a....
The Chicago Sun-Times became the first major newspaper to accept bitcoin in early April and it appears this news has already translated into sales for the US publication. The paper told newsBTC that around 11.3% of new orders over the past week were paid for in bitcoin. The Chicago Sun-Times claims it usually receives a few dozen subscription orders per week. This week the paper got 62 orders: 23 were placed online using a credit card, 32 came from the paper's call centre, while seven were paid for in bitcoin. Surprised by demand. Keep in mind that these are figures for the first week of....
Founded in 1948, the Chicago Sun-Times has come a long way through varies eras of technological advancements. Announced today, the Chicago Sun-Times will be embracing the full potential power of Bitcoins. Partnering up with Bitwall, on February 1st, a pay-wall will be put up, allowing online readers to either donate Bitcoins, or tweet about the article and event. With a daily readership of 450,000, and being the 9th largest newspaper in the U. S, Bitcoin donations will surely follow. This is less than a week after Overstock announced they will accept Bitcoins as a form of payment on their....