Brill Sells Fledgling Company Journalism Online

Steve Brill’s Journalism Online, the startup he launched two years ago with the idea that it would be the savior of reporting, has had limited impact so far. But Brill’s sale of the company to R.R. Donnelley & Sons, in a deal announced Thursday, could help it gain the scale it’s lacked so far.
 
Journalism Online launched in April 2009 with the ambitious goal of saving quality journalism with its Press+ platform, which lets publishers charge for access to their digital content using a metered approach.