Mar 4, 2026
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9 min read
The easy web is tapped out. Your paywall is next. Protect it before the fracking starts.
Feb 25, 2026
11 min read
Operational tactics for four independent publisher archetypes, who share one objective: getting paid fairly when LLMs and chatbots use your work.
Feb 18, 2026
A legal explainer and regulatory impact analysis for independent publishers and freelance journalists.
Feb 11, 2026
8 min read
Why your IP is your best leverage, and what changes when AI can copy instantly.
Feb 4, 2026
The fix comes from how we build receipts, then build the market. It's not going to come from endless lawsuits nor from hoping AI labs grow a conscience.
Jan 28, 2026
Why AI can use your work without consequence, and why you can’t prove it (yet).
Jan 21, 2026
7 min read
The long-term winning move is to make permission easier than piracy. Steve Jobs and Daniel Ek knew it, and built their businesses on this principle. You should too.
Dec 17, 2025
Amazon is not happy with Perplexity. Meanwhile, your paywall isn’t fooling the bots. They're fooling your paywall. This covers how they sneak in, and how to stop them.
Dec 10, 2025
Publishers are no longer simply media businesses, in the traditional sense. Today, in the age of AI, they are audience business and data businesses.
Dec 3, 2025
In physics there exists "dark energy", unknown phenomena which have a significant measurable effect on surrounding matter. Similarly, publishers face "dark revenue".
Nov 26, 2025
If you can’t point to at least one product you killed because of LTV:CAC, you’re using the metric wrong.
Nov 19, 2025
The key reason why publishers and AI labs both rely each other for survival long-term.
Nov 12, 2025
Robots.txt won’t save you. But blockchain might.
Nov 5, 2025
6 min read
Why the publishing industry is crying out for its own ASCAP to thrive in the AI age.
