Advice from writers who actually wore media ownership — what it looks like, how it fits, and how it holds up day to day.
5 articles
Power
A locked-down tablet can make prison life less isolated. New Jersey’s contracts also turn messages, music and books into metered products paid for by people with nowhere else to shop.
Kurt Halloran · August 11, 2026 · 7 min
Feeds
A local name can disguise a remote content operation built from police logs, weather alerts and recycled outrage. The useful clues sit in Page transparency, the website footer and the ad stack.
Reuben Adeyemi · 8 min read
Money
Digital-replica rights now arrive beside the voucher and tax forms. Union rules limit what that signature buys, but the hiring system pressures performers before anyone reaches the initials box.
Jonah Reyes · 8 min read
Money
Publishers are selling AI companies access to archives built by staff and freelancers. Old ownership clauses let the institution collect without publicly promising contributors a share.
Ada Lindqvist · 7 min read
Money
Lenny’s Newsletter is sold through one recognizable writer, but the finished product extends through editing, graphics, audio, community work and administration. Here is the bill the byline cannot show.
Theo Marchetti · 8 min read
Other impacts
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