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The US travel bans are not about free speech. They're about sovereignty in the age of platform power
Most of Europe's information infrastructure is American-controlled. The risks are becoming harder to ignore.
7 hrs ago
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Peter Erdelyi
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I want your money
End-of-year appeals often come wrapped in sentiment about the importance of independent journalism and the state of democracy. I’ll skip that part.
Dec 18
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Peter Erdelyi
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How digital transformation was killing me softly (and why it was worth it)
A case study from Warsaw on surviving the funding freeze, Elon Musk, and digital product development at Krytyka Polityczna.
Dec 11
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Slawek Blich
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Has your outlet published an abstract nude depicting its editor?
Misaligned incentives in the attention economy, Meta's massive scam revenues, our strategy guide, lessons from a hyper-local outlet in Glasgow and 25…
Dec 4
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Peter Erdelyi
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María Paula Ángel Benavides
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November 2025
Strategy for the sector that never had a Golden Age
We worked with 50 publishers this year. Here is what we learned.
Nov 27
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Peter Erdelyi
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María Paula Ángel Benavides
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The best journalism support system has no humans in the loop
Newsroom-creator collaborations in the US backed by philanthropic funding, how local newsrooms become financially sustainable and 28 active calls.
Nov 20
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Peter Erdelyi
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María Paula Ángel Benavides
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The ever powerful liberal mainstream media that is no longer liberal, mainstream or particularly powerful
The “liberal mainstream media bias” critique has lost its explanatory power because the world that produced it has dissolved.
Nov 13
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Peter Erdelyi
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Shrinking the tent of public interest journalism
Building our identity around grievance, blended finance in CEE media, local journalism innovating in print and 26 active calls.
Nov 6
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Peter Erdelyi
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María Paula Ángel Benavides
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October 2025
The pornification of human attention
Sam Altman's disingenuous announcement, OnlyFans economics, the extremification feedback loop, and why AI was always going to enter the arousal…
Oct 30
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Peter Erdelyi
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Can journalism get so cheap that consumers just can’t pass it up?
A letter asking for more investment for the information ecosystem, the benefits of annual subscriptions, scaring the hell out of digital publishers, a…
Oct 24
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Peter Erdelyi
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María Paula Ángel Benavides
A new father's guide to the information ecosystem
Nine whole days into fatherhood, I'm learning that babies and journalism have something in common: neither cares much about your plans, theories, or our…
Oct 16
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Peter Erdelyi
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The media industry should have built tech. You specifically shouldn't.
A rare European media acquisition, creators working for equity instead of cash, our MFF policy survey, a case study in profitable local news and 17…
Oct 2
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Peter Erdelyi
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María Paula Ángel Benavides
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