First Draft Media seeks to be consciously and conscientiously for-profit with these titles. Platforms are designed from the get go with monetization in mind. We firmly believe that being for profit aids independence and what is more, we seek to showcase things like audience engagement and membership models to new contexts. By taking on the role of publisher for new titles, First Draft Media enables journalists and editors to focus on the journalism, leaving the business to us.
Titles can be launched irrespective of geography, type of media, audience et cetera, as long as they persist in: (1) their pursuit of the truth and in a desire to "draft history", and (2) their ability to add a voice, perspective or journalistic niche—one that would otherwise be absent—to any mediascape.
"[Independent Media] has become a non-profit activity because of poverty or repression (or sanctions). But in the process, all business rationale has evaporated from the scene."
Launch new journalistic titles
First Draft Media launches new journalistic titles, as publisher, in cooperation with journalists and editors that have a unique voice and wish to contribute to a pluralistic, sustainable and high-quality media environment.