[IMC-US] Re: RE: [Imc-us-editorial] FWD: Inquiry from Mother Jones!

[Mike]

I read the inquiry as offering IMC readers a free online code to be able to access certain paid sections of their site.

But that aside, supporting the subscriptions of media sources is different from supporting advertisers.  It is a direct exchange of money for the work that the journalist does (or at least filtered through the publication that pays them). It is not the indirect payment of money for a service who then pays the publication who pays the journalist.  It at least leaves the publication & journalist accountable to the reader, not the advertiser.

So I don't see a problem here, especially since MJ seems to want to volunteer up their content.

-Mike

>From: Tribal Scribal <valeoftheoaks at hotmail.com>
>Date: Tue May 17 11:54:29 CDT 2005
>To: bradley at riseup.net, imc-us at lists.ucimc.org, imc-us-editorial at lists.ucimc.org
>Subject: RE: [Imc-us-editorial] FWD: Inquiry from Mother Jones!

>just off the top of my head i think you/we could respond by saying MJ, like 
>any activist org, is free and welcomed to post their digest on our 
>newswire(s), however since MJ has commercial advertising it would be 
>problematic for us to be promoting subscriptions......or something like 
>that?  also a supportive note about working together in the future in what 
>ever ways seem feasible, imo.
>
>d.o.
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>>From: bradley at riseup.net
>>To: "Working Group for IMC-US." 
>><imc-us at lists.ucimc.org>,imc-us-editorial at lists.ucimc.org
>>Subject: [Imc-us-editorial] FWD: Inquiry from Mother Jones!
>>Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 19:42:01 -0700
>>
>>This was sent directly to me on 5/10/05. I have not been sure what to do or 
>>say about this. I have not replied to Ali.
>>
>>sincerely,
>>Bradley
>>
>>--
>>
>>Hi Brad,
>>
>>My name is Ali Wong and I work in the Communications department at Mother 
>>Jones magazine. I?ve been subscribing to the IMC-Editorial Digest for a 
>>while now, and wanted to know the best way to go about sharing our 
>>bi-weekly newsletter, ?Informed Dissent? with the Indymedia community. In 
>>each letter, we provide links to featured articles and other organizations 
>>where readers can learn more and get involved. I forwarded a copy and hope 
>>you enjoy it. We could also provide a subscriber code that would give 
>>readers free access to all of the current issue?s full articles.
>>
>>Thanks for all the important work you do, and I look forward to hearing 
>>from you soon.
>>
>>Ali Wong
>>awong at motherjones.com
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