Internet Media Contributors

Internet media, almost none. However, this does not mean that the author has no return.

If you are straightforward and honest, you have to admit that the most important value of online commercial media to authors (continuous content producers) is two points:

Right of speech

Money

The former is the so-called channel, the latter is called remuneration. For media that already have strong enough channels, the former can often be substituted for the latter.

This is also one of the reasons for the quality of the coverage of the Internet media, which can continue to surpass the medium.

Therefore, early payment, late payment mode is reasonable. Because the channels are growing.

In fact, the knowledge of the accumulation of channels is comparatively fairer: he is determined by the attractiveness of your content, not by the editorial personal likes and dislikes. There is no such thing as a human intervention in the author's own channel (something that happens when the media turns to commercialization).

I used to believe that rewards can lead to better reporting. But now look, putting that money into editorial power is a much higher ROI.

But fundamentally, it is the content that casts the channel. What if the channel takes away most of the profits? Then the change of channel is unavoidable. This is why a variety of technology blogs have been not poor.

It is a more delicate topic how to let the author turn the right of speech into money in his own controllable channel. Google's attempt ended in failure (AdSense, personal blog).

All successful models, however, have almost all failed precedents. The simple alternation of channels may end in a more balanced pattern.

Today, the content production model of online media will also be eliminated, just like the traditional media payment model is fading.