Obviously you're focusing on journalists now, but there are other groups of content creators who might be into your product; I see cartoonists and photographers are mentioned in the article. I wonder whether this model would be useful to young academics, too - especially those who are moving to careers outside of academia but might still like to conduct and share research. Publishing in academic journals is (supposed to be) a way to get your research out there, and peer review does matter. But academic journals don't pay their authors, and often have very limited audiences. It seems like Beacon could help solve those problems. Maybe another interested population for you in the future!