Media
The One-Person Video Newsroom Arrives on Main Street
A single operator with a camera, an editing suite and a beat is becoming the dominant local video news format, and the economics finally work.
Creator Economy
Media
The Newsletter Economy Enters Its Consolidation Phase
The one-writer newsletter boom created thousands of small media businesses. Now the successful ones are buying each other, hiring staff and turning into what they replaced.
Media
The New Economics Behind America's Independent Media Boom
Solo publications and small newsrooms are multiplying, powered by cheap tools, direct payment rails and an advertising market that finally learned to buy small.