Via Chris at Global Voices Online:
Blogger smashmedia introduces a Japanese online publishing site [ja] called HubMedia [ja] (??????), a project to showcase quality edited contents on the web, with revenue coming from advertisements and small-lot publication sales. HubMedia will focus on niche markets with high-quality contents and on realizing continuous communication between writers and readers. A presentation (in Japanese) on “What is Hubmedia” has also been uploaded to SlideShare.