Recently, Twitter CEO Musk posted that the platform plans to launch a single article paid viewing function for media users in May. Musk said that this can meet the occasional single-article reading needs of non-monthly subscribers, but its price may be slightly higher than the price of a single article in a monthly subscription.
Musk believes the feature will be a win-win for media organizations and users. But so far, Twitter has not released more details about the feature, such as how much the platform will share in a paid article, and whether the feature is limited to some media.
It is understood that since it was officially acquired by Tesla CEO Musk in October 2022, Twitter has undergone several adjustments at the product level, including launching a new subscription service Twitter Blue, launching the long tweet function, stipulating the upper limit on the number of daily tweets, and closing the free version of the API.
Among them, the new version of Twitter Blue, which was fully launched in March this year, can provide users with Tweet editing capabilities, less ads and other benefits, while subscribers can also get the opportunity to try out various new features in advance. In addition, the account verification function that Twitter previously provided users for free has also been divided into the exclusive rights of Twitter Blue users. In terms of price, its web side is priced at $8/month or $84/year, and the iOS side is $11/month.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that Musk previously revealed in mid-April this year that Twitter will open up paid subscription functions to users, allowing users to publish paid content or pay for favorite content, including long tweets and long videos.
He also promised that Twitter would not commission users for this part of the revenue in the next 12 months. As a result, creators will receive all subscription revenue excluding mobile fees (30% on iOS or Android stores), while web creators will receive at least 92% of revenue (depending on payment channel). After 12 months, Twitter will take a "small fee" on top of the above fees.
Earlier, at the end of April, Twitter issued another announcement that creators will be able to earn income through all forms of posts they publish on the platform, including text, pictures, video, audio, live broadcasts, etc. In addition, Musk recently sent an invitation to Tucker Carlson, a host who had previously left Fox News, hoping that he would use Twitter as a new creative platform, and expressed his belief that Twitter creators will be able to make as much money as YouTube creators in the future, if not more.
However, it should be noted that Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey recently expressed dissatisfaction with Musk's takeover of Twitter. Asked if Musk had proven himself to be the best candidate for the platform, he said, "No." I don't think he took the right action after realizing the timing wasn't right, and I don't think the board should force the sale of the company. Everything went bad. ”
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