Business News
Main Street Economics: What Rising Rents Do to Local Shops
Commercial leases work differently from residential ones, and the gap decides which storefronts survive.
Nathan Brooks · October 29, 2026
Business News
Business developments across the wider media economy: advertising demand, platform traffic and payments, subscription and bundle pricing, content licensing, and mergers among publishers. Items connect each move to the revenue lines newsrooms depend on. Read by commercial directors, analysts and publishers setting next year's budget.
Business developments across the wider media economy: advertising demand, platform traffic and payments, subscription and bundle pricing, content licensing, and mergers among publishers. Items connect each move to the revenue lines newsrooms depend on. Read by commercial directors, analysts and publishers setting next year's budget.
Business News
How to Start a Newsletter Business: A Realistic Guide
Niches, cadence, and revenue paths — without the survivorship stories that make the math look easier than it is.
Owen Blackwood · October 23, 2026
Business News
How Newsroom Paywall Strategy Affects Reader Acquisition Cost
Metered, freemium and hard paywalls trade off speed, volume and price differently — and the choice shapes what it costs to win each new paying reader.
Nathan Brooks · September 11, 2026
Business News
How NewsMatch Actually Multiplies Newsroom Donations
A look inside the mechanics of the annual matching-gift campaign that has become a core fundraising engine for nonprofit newsrooms.
Nathan Brooks · August 10, 2026
Business News
California Puts $20 Million Into Local Journalism Grants, Matched by Google
The July 14, 2026 announcement offers eligible newsrooms up to $250,000 each — the newest test of whether platform-matched public money can be administered at arm's length.
Nathan Brooks · August 5, 2026