Carta.info recently wrote a detailed analysis of Kachingle and also installed the Kachingle Medallion on their site.

Their description of Carta written on the Kachingle site is:  “Carta is a German language online-publication on politics, economics and the digital Public. It is based in Berlin. We are interested, among other things, in the political economy of the digital public sphere. Carta has around 20 to 30 regular and passionate contributors. Grimme Online Award 2009.”

Carta previously mentioned Kachingle in two earlier articles — below are listed all three.  The first one is the detailed analysis along with numerous comments (some in German, some in English)

Google translate does a reasonable job with German –> English so non-German speakers can read these articles by going to Google Translate and entering the URL of the article [This has been included after the German title.].  Note that if any English appears in the original German article it gets a bit weird in the translation — in some cases the opposite of what was written is what the translation shows.  So read the German in the translated version but read the English directly. [Yeah, everything is complicated!]

Die Zukunft von Paid Content: Hier wäre ein Ansatz.

Google translation to English: The future of paid content: This would be an approach. The Crowd-Funding Application “Kachingle” enters the beta phase. Carta is the first partner site in Germany.

17.12.2009 | Robin Meyer-Lucht | 26 Kommentar(e)

Die Crowdfunding-Applikation “Kachingle” geht in die Beta-Phase. Carta ist als erste Partner-Site in Deutschland dabei.

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Online-Journalismus: Raus aus der Gratisfalle

Google translation to English: Online journalism: Get Out of the Gratisfalle. In the Internet a better pricing models for journalism are possible than in the offline world. Just find the right ones.

03.12.2009 | Stefan Kooths | 33 Kommentar(e)

Im Internet sind bessere Preismodelle für Journalismus möglich als in der Offline-Welt. Man muss nur die richtigen finden. Stefan Kooths über den Irrtum der “Grenzkosten = Preis”-Regel, über die Probleme der Kulturflatrate und die Folgen einer Verstaatlichung der F.A.Z.

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Frage: Kachingle – der Ausweg?

Google translation to English: Question: Kachingle – the way out? Steve Outing has written one very remarkable article. He holds Kachingle for a solution to the funding crisis of online journalism. A closer look, the system is worth: Users pay a monthly fee that is passed on to the real use of them offers.

17.02.2009 | Redaktion CARTA | 16 Kommentar(e)

Während im Time Magazine noch ungestüm Bezahlinhalte eingefordert werden, könnte es einen sehr viel intelligenteren und flexibleren Ausweg aus der Refinanzierugskrise des Journalismus geben.