Author Archives: Eric Peckham

Monetizing Media (it’s back) – Patreon, Unity, Luminary, BallerTV, other deal news

Monetizing Media is back! Welcome to version 2.0. Here’s the new plan : It’s weekly. Responding to the daily news cycle last year was a reactive way to work, distracting from the projects I wanted to proactively dive do. My productivity has soared since unplugging from it. Rather than share everything, I’m gonna share what’s most interesting […]

My report on Patreon

I’ve spent the last two months researching Patreon, interviewing its executive team and investors, and talking to its customers. Thrilled to publish this report. It’s the first in a new format for TechCrunch (and for me): in-depth reports on top late-stage stage startups that aim to provide the definitive analysis on a company. This one […]