From: $19.00 / month for 12 months
The ‘BeetRooter’ is our Silver level subscription. It’s for the New Matilda reader whose always looking for that ‘sweet spot’ – not too flashy, but also not dragging their knuckles on the ground when they walk. Considered by their friends as ‘hapless but loveable’, a typical BeetRooter subscriber might trip and fall in the street, but finish their phone call from the ground. Or maybe accidentally fall into the vagina of a subordinate at work, and then decide ‘F*ck it, let’s have a baby’. A BeetRooter subscription includes:
• 3 x day’s worth of free NM advertising donated to a charity of your choice.
• 1 x This Is Not A Greeting Card! mailed to a politician of your choice.
Description
The ‘BeetRooter’ subscription is for that person who knows how to take life a little less seriously than the rest of us. Even when the occasion really does call for seriousness. And contrary to popular opinion, while the BeetRooter might look to casual observers like their blood pressure is so extreme their head is about to explode, they’re actually pretty laid back. Almost to the point of incontinence.
Available as a one-off yearly fee (our most popular option), the BeetRooter subscription can also be divided into 12 easy monthly payments, to coincide with your child maintenance obligations.
A Beetrooter subscription includes:
• 3 x day’s worth of free banner advertising on New Matilda donated to a not-for-profit or Aboriginal enterprise of your choice (choose from the drop down menu above).
• 1 x This Is Not A Greeting Card! mailed to a politician of your choice (choose from the drop down menu above).
Donate Advertising To An Organisation Of Your Choice
From June 2024, New Matilda officially ceased all paid advertising. You can read more about our advertising policy here, but long story short, rather than sell ads to businesses, we sell subscriptions to our readers… who then get to giveaway our advertising spots to a charity or an Aboriginal enterprise of their choice. We also accept requests to add organisations to our list (just include the details in the additional box at checkout).
Once you’ve subscribed, we’ll email you to let you know when and where your donated advertising is going to run. We’ll also check-in with you to determine whether or not you want your name listed next to the ad as a donor (see pic), or if you wish to remain anonymous (we recommend using your name, because it inspires other people to also give generously).
The goal of our new ‘ad strategy’ is to build even greater trust in our journalism, but also to help inspire our readers to focus their attention on organisations that are driving positive change. While at one level, walking away from the traditional media business model (and centuries of corrupt media tradition) feels like ‘not the best financial decision we’ve ever made’, at another level, we sleep better at night, and hope you can too by supporting us.
This Is Not A Greeting Card!
A Beetrooter subscription also comes with a bonus ‘middle finger’ (literally and figuratively) in the form of a greeting card which is definitely NOT a greeting card, and which we’ll send on your behalf to a federal politician of your choice. Just ‘pick a pollie’ from the drop down menu above.
You can read more about our This Is Not A Greeting Card! initiative here, but basically it’s just a creative way for a fiercely independent media outlet to raise revenue while stickin’ it to the man… and also to Michaelia Cash. The inside of the card reads thusly….
Additional information
| Billing Frequency | |
|---|---|
| Choose Your Charity | Skip This Step!, Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Broken Heel Festival, Médecins Sans Frontières, National Indigenous Radio Service, Project Change International, Sea Shepherd, South Aussies For Animals, WIRES |
| This Is Not A Greeting Card! | Skip This Step!, Adam Bandt, Alex Hawke, Angus Taylor, Anthony Albanese, Barnaby Joyce, David Van, Jacinta Price, Malcolm Roberts, Michaelia Cash, Pauline Hanson, Peter Dutton, Richard Marles, Sussan Ley, Tanya Plibersek, Tony Burke |
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