This post is by Laura Hazard Owen from Nieman Lab
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Would you pay an extra $5 a month to attend a quarterly meeting over Google Hangouts? Not “$5 a month to skip a meeting.” “$5 to have the privilege of attending a meeting.” Well, it turns out, plenty of Vox.com video lovers would. When you sign up for a Vox Video Lab membership, you can choose between two different price levels. For $4.99 per month, you get the “DVD extras” of Vox videos: behind-the-scenes content, videos explaining Vox’s process, recommendations for non-Vox videos, and a monthly live Q&A with a producer. For $9.99 a month, you get all that plus…access to a quarterly Google Hangout where they can give Vox more advice about its membership program.
One of the perks of our youtube membership program is monthly recommendations for great non-vox videos to watch. This month, I list 5 of my recent favorites, with a Continue reading "Vox.com tries a membership program, with a twist: It’s focused on video and entirely on YouTube"