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MediaUnique readers per monthMembership startSources for launching a programNumber of club membersNumber of membership tiersRange of contributions from and to*Communication channelMembership BenefitsPayment platformMembership share of total revenueGrowth targets
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Ukrainskaya Pravda (https://club.pravda.com.ua)10 000 000**June 2020Own money from ads and partnerships30003from $2Newsletters, Facebook-group, eventsBranded clothes, discounts, participation in editorial meetingsLiqpay10%20% two and 30% five years later
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Slidstvo (https://www.slidstvo.info/slidstvo_club)Website: 30 000-200 000
YouTube: 65 000-330 000
September 2020Own money, Internews Network1331from $2Newsletters, Telegram, eventsBranded souvenirs, places of honor at film screeningsPatreon and WayForPay3-5%200 members to the next year, up to 30% of income few years later
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Hromadske (https://hromadske.ua/donate)4 500 000October 2020International Renaissance Foundation4003$2-18Newsletters, Telegram, eventsBooks, gifts, branded clothes, events, exclusive newslettersLiqpayless than 1%1500 members, 1-2% share in total revenue
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Kunsht (https://kunsht.com.ua/druzi)20 000 site (up to 70 000 with podcast and newsletters)March 2019Own money1903$5-37Newsletters, Telegram, eventsDiscounts for merch, epub articles, privat eventsLiqpay12%1000 members
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The Ukrainians (https://theukrainians.org/donate)60-80 000May 2020Own money9003Telegram, Facebook-group, newsletters, eventsPaper magazine, branded goods, early access to the content, discountsLiqpay10%3000 members
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Zaborona (https://www.patreon.com/zaborona)93 000April 2020Team contribution + Open Society Foundation825$4-115Newsletters (e-mail), Patreon, Telegram, Discord, eventsBranded masks, name on the site, gift and postcard, personalized office plant, 2 hours online-consultationPatreon for membership, Liqpay for crowdfundingabout 4%double the number of members
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Bihus (https://bihus.info/donate/)70-80 000February 2020***Own money6507$3-100Patreon, there is still no organized communicationsBranded goods, mention in the video and an excursion to video productionPatreon for members and WayForPay for donatesNo answerno certain plans on a number of members
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Liga (https://www.liga.net/donation_ua)6-9 000 000March 2020 (from crowdfunding to membership model)Grant (without details)10003$4-15NewslettersExclusive longreads and podcasts, backstage of the Liga newsroom, ads-free, name on the donation wallLiqpayNo answer (we only know that membership gives 20% of the salary fund)no certain plans on a number of members
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MC.Today (https://mc.today/creatorsclub/)750 000March 2020Own money601$18Telegram, Newsletters, EventsEvents, newsroom backstageLiqpayNo answer200 members
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Texty.org.ua 350 000They are not going to make a classic membership programOwn money352 (202 Patreon + 150 Liqpay)7$3-250Newsletters, Viber, Telegram, eventsPaid events for free, exclusive content, Texty's backstagePatreon+Liqpay20%more members
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ShoTam (https://shotam.info)150 000 site (up to 7 mln with social webs)February 2020Partly grant (Polish Solidarity Fund), partly own money4303$2, 4, 11Facebook group, pollsFacebook group for members, newsletter with the best texts, the opportunity to advise the topic to journalistsLiqpay, later own system30%50% of total revenue, then 100%
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Sourse of the data: news sites, interviews
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*for the convenience of calculations, we have rounded the amounts in dollars
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** According to the publication Liga.net https://biz.liga.net/ekonomika/reklama-marketing/article/missiya-ili-biznes-zachem-tomash-fiala-kupil-ukrainskuyu-pravdu-razbor
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***Something similar to a membership program firstly appeared on Bihus back in 2018, but without strategy and routine processes