We spend a lot of time thinking about business models, the best way to get audience, revenue, build the right system that will increase advertising, revenue shares, transaction fees, registrations and on and on.

We (sad to say) don’t ask enough “what’s right for the user,” the audience, the reader the media consumer. Today, after Naked Media, Complex Media CEO Rich Antoniello expressed his belief that open, open-source, HTML, cross-platform, sharing, was the way it would go, that media had to go. I (Dorian) agreed and immediately thought that was best for the consumer — and that by orienting ourselves that way we might be oriented in the right strategic direction, as well.

Here are the start. Tell us your thoughts, too. The Media Consumer’s Bill of Rights.

Over on the site of Scribe Media, our partners in the ‘Finance for Media Professionals‘ series, Peter Cervieri writes about how we’re trying to figure out how to price the video course. It’s not as easy as it might seem. There are real costs involved: equipment, studio, staff, marketing, etc. We want to make it as widely available as possible, and need to cover our costs, and make at least some profit.

Price it low, and we might sell more copies. Price it higher, and we may sell fewer but make more money. We want to make it widely available. Those who attended the shoot told us they thought we could charge $149-$179. We know there’s great interest, but can’t know exactly how much demand. We’re thinking of selling as low as discounted $99 (for those who come in with a membership or through a group). Tell us what you think, and give us any ideas. We’re grateful for the input.

Here’s Peter’s full post, which is pretty open in revealing our discussions and numbers. You can leave comments there or here.

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