For Black-owned newspapers and independent publishers
Run your newspaper's digital business. Keep everything you own.
Site, newsletters, memberships, ads and analytics in one publisher portal, with transparent economics and full control of your content and data.
Takes you to sign-up.
Publisher dashboard
Revenue by streamIllustration of the portal layout.
What you get
One portal where print revenue meets digital revenue.
Every publisher keeps editorial control, branding, content ownership and agreed data rights. Economics are subscription plus revenue share, spelled out in plain terms.
- Publisher site
- Modern news site templates, with your name, your layout and your voice.
- Content migration
- A planned move of your archive from the tools you use today.
- Newsletters and podcasts
- Publish to your audience on channels you control.
- Ad inventory and proposals
- List placements, track sell-through and send sponsor proposals.
- Memberships and events
- Paid memberships and sponsored events beside your print revenue.
- Local directories
- A business directory your community actually uses.
- Analytics and CRM
- Audience, revenue and relationship data in one place.
- Marketplace integrations
- Connect to outside ad and commerce marketplaces on your terms.
How it works
A pilot you can read like a ledger.
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Agree the terms
Participation is voluntary and individual. Economics, data rights and editorial control are written down before anything moves.
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Plan the migration
We map your archive, your current site and your subscriber lists so nothing is lost in the move.
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Stand up the portal
Your site template, newsletters, ad inventory and directories are set up under your branding.
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Run the pilot
A 90-day pilot with milestones you can see, so you judge the platform on your own results.
The old way and this way
Fragmented tools take your time. Lock-in takes your control.
| Typical setup | Masthead Network | |
|---|---|---|
| Content and branding | Often tied to the vendor’s templates and terms | Yours, with full editorial control |
| Data rights | Unclear who can use reader data | Agreed in writing, visible in the portal |
| Economics | Fees buried in contracts | Subscription plus revenue share, in plain terms |
| Tools | Separate vendors for site, email, ads and events | One publisher portal |
| Relationship | Tied to an association or a vendor lock-in | Voluntary and individual to each publisher |
Publisher-owned tools. Publisher-owned revenue.
Questions publishers ask
Who keeps editorial control and content ownership?
You do. Each publisher retains full editorial control, branding, content ownership and the data rights agreed in writing.
How does the pricing work?
Economics are a subscription plus a revenue share, with the terms spelled out in plain language before you commit.
Do I have to join through an association?
No. Masthead Network is publisher-first. Participation is voluntary and individual, and no publisher is represented as a partner without their consent.
What happens to my existing archive?
Content migration is planned with you as part of the pilot, so your archive moves from your current tools in an agreed order.
See your newspaper's numbers in one place.
Open the portal and look around. Your content, branding and data rights stay with you.
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