Err....what? Am I missing something here? While I know Dustin is a "design genius"...did he raise some money or is there some monetization plan (in the short term) that I am not aware of?

I mean, I fully agree with the premise of the current state of journalism.

This solution does seem awesome - it's one of the reasons I love The Economist.

But as a potential writer, I am not keen on necessarily jumping into something where I don't know what the future might look like.