CoPress touted itself as a "safety net" for college publications, enabling
news organizations to safely experiment with their Web sites. The startup moved college news sites off proprietary publishing systems like
College Publisher, provided hosting and offered
WordPress training and around-the-clock support in case anything went wrong.
But after working with about
40 student publications since February 2009, CoPress
announced that it was shutting down for financial reasons.
CoPress, which was started by college journalists, encouraged students to innovate online, and innovate they did. That safety net, however, became more of a security blanket, inundating CoPress' small tech support staff with unending requests.
@@INSERT|RESOURCE|131319|EMBED@@Under CoPress' hosting arrangements, student news organizations could receive unlimited, 24/7 support for a monthly fee. CoPress Co-Founder and Executive Director Daniel Bachhuber said the company
couldn't keep up, let alone make enough money to adequately pay its support staff. ...
CoPress safety net, before I think it is a good...
