Business news relevant to anyone earning money from published work: advertising market forecasts and spending shifts, platform and streaming results, copyright litigation and licensing settlements, and regulation touching data or distribution. Each item states the likely effect on rates, reach or contract terms over the coming quarters.
The nonprofit model rescued local and investigative journalism in the US, but its revenue concentration in philanthropy is a dependency, not a solution.
Michael Hayes · March 22, 2026
The duopoly's combined share has eased from its late-2010s peak, but the money that left went mostly to Amazon and TikTok — not to publishers' open-web ads.
Michael Hayes · February 27, 2026
Events carry high margins and higher variance than any other publisher revenue line; the difference between the two is written in the cost structure before the first ticket sells.
Michael Hayes · February 4, 2026
Reader revenue, events, commerce and licensing each carry different risk — the mix, not any single line, is the strategy.
Michael Hayes · January 13, 2026