pitch me | journalism interactive 2014

Pitch Me is a marketplace for quality journalism.

I’m Kabir. I’m a writer and editor.

This is how freelance journalism works now.

“Thanks for your email.

I’m so busy right now…”

“Dear Leader… Will you buy my

story?”

We make life easier for creatives.

Talk to each other.

Agree quickly and easily.

Publish and make money.

We want to be the Etsy of journalism.Pitch Me loves new publishers.

There’s huge demand for more quality content.

• Magazine launches outnumber closures 3 to 1.

• Consumer magazine publishing is an $80bn global industry. !

• On Kickstarter, 930 journalism projects launched and $3.2m pledged; 744 periodical projects launched and $3.4m pledged since 2009.

Business plan.• Commission-based for journalists / subscription-

based for publishers.

• Charge for Pro services - editing, offline events.

• Marketing: Through social media and partnerships.

• New publishers now, big companies / industries that need journalists later.

Competition.Focused on new

publishersFocused on

storiesJournalism

only

Pitch Me Yes Yes Yes

Contently No No No

Ebuyline No No No

Odesk, Craigslist No No No

Numbers.• More than 1,300 requests to join. We’ve approved

about 450 journalists.

• Average story is worth $1,000. January was best month for sales so far.

2015: Revenues = $50,000 2016: Revenues = $100,000 2018: Revenues = $400,000

Pete Guest pitched this last year.

These guys got funded through Kickstarter.

They talked. And this happened…

The Economist

“The ability of magazines to inspire fierce loyalty among readers means there are also lots of

small-time, quirky successes.”

Join us.!

Email me at kabir@pitchme.org!

Sign up at pitchme.org