Spiegel launches payment model on the Internet

The paid offer called "Spiegel Plus" is to be gradually expanded and further developed, the publisher explained. In addition to the sale of individual articles, there are also plans to offer time passes as a kind of flat-rate model in future. According to the publisher, the paid articles with the red "Spiegel Plus" logo can be read immediately. Readers will only have to pay once they have collected a sum of five euros. Payment is processed via the micropayment provider LaterPay. With the payment model, the publisher wants to make Spiegel journalism "even more visible in the digital world and at the same time create new revenue opportunities" for the online business, explained Managing Director Thomas Haas. Many other German news portals already offer paid content. (SDA)