It's ditched its paywall, given up on Kindle singles, and now wants to raise money through NPR-style membership drives. All in all, it's been a rocky first year for the online long-form site MATTER, and you can read the details in this unsigned update. Also, co-founder Jim Giles says it's been hard to find content: "I’ve talked to a lot of writers who say, 'Oh yeah yeah, I heard about you' … Well, we’re here and we have money — pitch us."
