Media News Group and the chain newspaper business, explained
How a holding company running dozens of local titles actually works, and what the trade-offs look like from the newsroom side.
Colin Reyes · October 23, 2026Licht Journal
How to publish a children's book: agents, formats, and costs
Publishing a children's book usually means agent first, publisher second. The routes, the formats, the costs, and what Wonderbly's 8-million-book run proves.
Tanya Brooks · October 22, 2026
How local newsrooms decide what counts as news
Inside the editorial meeting, the news values behind it, and how one day's local front page gets made.
Amara Okonkwo · October 20, 2026
How streaming pays: what music creators earn on Spotify
Spotify's payout machine explained: streamshare, recording and publishing royalties, why no per-stream rate exists, and what the 2025 payout numbers show.
Amara Okonkwo · October 18, 2026
Fall is manuscript-prep season: how to get a book published before the January agent rush
Agents read in waves. Writers who spend autumn on the query, the comps and the opening pages arrive in better shape than the ones who start in December.
Gabriela Montoya · October 9, 2026
Publishing a book on Amazon: the setup, pricing and metadata decisions that matter
KDP is free to use and pays up to 70% on ebooks — but the royalty you get depends on choices you make before you hit publish.
Gabriela Montoya · October 7, 2026How book cover design shapes what you read before you open the book
Covers are the publishing industry's shortest pitch: a genre signal, a price promise, and a shelf test, all in one glance.
Gabriela Montoya · October 3, 2026How to break into publishing jobs without moving to New York
The industry's entry points have drifted away from one city. Here is where the work actually is now, and how to reach it from wherever you live.
Gabriela Montoya · September 26, 2026
What creators actually sign away when they post online
A plain-language guide to licensing, platform terms of service, and the digital rights writers and artists keep — or hand over — with every upload.
Amara Okonkwo · October 13, 2026Digital
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The hidden energy cost of digital life, minus the myths
Data centers, streaming and storage all consume real power. Separating what is measured from what is guessed is the useful part.
Michael Hayes · October 2, 2026
A five-year Czech study ties comment sections, not headlines, to depression scores
Interactive content tracked with depressive symptoms across every wave. Emotional news stress flipped negative once the crisis ended. The engagement mechanics publishers prize most are the ones the data flags.
Amara Okonkwo · October 1, 2026
How digital marketing actually works for small businesses
Channels, funnels, and realistic budgets for owners without a marketing team — and what to expect from each.
Amara Okonkwo · September 30, 2026
Why search algorithm updates keep reshaping publisher traffic
Core updates now hit whole sites, not single pages — and Google tells publishers almost nothing about why.
Michael Hayes · September 13, 2026Creators
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Syracuse's 'CUSE Creator Con returns Oct. 22-23 — what the creator economy looks like when a university builds the syllabus
The second annual conference from the first academic center of its kind is themed "Owned and Operated" — and its research findings arrive Friday.
Michael Hayes · September 24, 2026
Entertainment lawyers now treat the creator economy as the business model, not the sideshow
At Deadline's first LA Law Summit, the panel's argument was structural: unmediated audience access changes who captures value — and the legal establishment has noticed.
Colin Reyes · September 23, 2026Sponsorship rates by audience size: what creators should charge at each tier
Audience size sets the floor of a brand deal. Niche, engagement and format decide where above the floor you land.
Michael Hayes · September 18, 2026What Patreon, Substack, Ghost, and YouTube actually take from creator revenue
Four platforms publish four different fee structures. Here's what each one's own documentation says creators keep, before payment processing takes its own cut.
Michael Hayes · August 12, 2026Media News
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A guide to press releases: what editors actually want
Most releases die in the inbox. The ones that earn coverage share a few unglamorous habits.
Colin Reyes · September 20, 2026
What Meta's Canada news ban actually did to publisher traffic
Two years after links disappeared from Canadian feeds, the measurable result is a durable drop in social referrals — and a search-shaped hole most coverage never priced.
Amara Okonkwo · August 28, 2026Why Substack keeps 10% of subscriber revenue and two rivals keep 0%
Amara Okonkwo · August 17, 2026YouTube raises new-channel monetization to 8,000 watch hours
Amara Okonkwo · August 16, 2026Business News
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Year end business planning: how owners can structure Q4 reviews and budget cycles
A preparation guide for structuring Q4 reviews, budget cycles, and the reading that makes planning season useful rather than theatrical.
Michael Hayes · September 28, 2026
How The New York Times bundled its way past 11 million digital subscribers
Michael Hayes · August 24, 2026The New York Times raised prices for loyal subscribers, and ARPU followed
Michael Hayes · August 21, 2026How Google Discover picks stories, and why publishers can't game it directly
Discover runs on the same ranking signals as Search, not a separate optimization channel — which is why the traffic it sends is real, personalized, and mostly outside a publisher's control.
Michael Hayes · August 10, 2026