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Chicago Sun-Times first major US paper to accept bitcoins |
April 04, 2014
The Chicago Sun-Times is now accepting bitcoins as payment for subscription, becoming the first major U.S. newspaper to take the digital currency.The paper’s goal is to keep evolving with changing technology, and accepting bitcoin payments is one way it is trying to stay digitally focused, Editor-in-Chief Jim Kirk said in a release.The Sun-Times has a “digital-first” strategy that led it to experiment with a bitcoin paywall for a one-day period in February.It had partnered with San Francisco-based micropayments startup Bitwall so readers could donate bitcoin or tweets on Twitter to benefit an organization called the Taproot Foundation, which pairs professionals with nonprofit groups for pro bono work.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2140140/chicago-suntimes-first-major-us-paper-to-accept-bitcoins.html#tk.rss_all
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