Pay-per-story start-up Blendle wins backing from major publishers
October 27, 2014 at 12:44 PM EDT
FRANKFURT, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Publishers Axel Springer and The New York Times have together invested 3 million euros ($3.8 million) in Dutch start-up Blendle, betting it has answers to the problem of how to charge readers who eschew costly online subscriptions.