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Two publications cover the same Farmington, Connecticut police arrest log. One publishes weekly with five data fields and a wall of ads.
Peter Cellino·Apr 14, 2026
Facebook traffic went to zero. Google is next. AI doesn't even click through. The entire model of "we publish, someone else sends us readers" is ending as a category — and the publishers who built…
Peter Cellino·Mar 27, 2026
A Headline That Outlived Its Truth — By Sunday morning, Sept. 14, families were strolling through Panda Fest eating noodles and snapping selfies.
Peter Cellino·Sep 13, 2025
Note from the Publisher — The Attention Economy Is a Lemon. Here's Why We're Not Selling It.
Peter Cellino·Jul 27, 2025
The Money Hole — Google and Facebook now take 63 percent of U.S. digital ad spend.
Peter Cellino·Jul 7, 2025
The Deal Playbook — Private-equity firms do not buy newspapers for journalism. They buy distressed cash flow.
Peter Cellino·Jun 13, 2025
A Penny Bought Attention, Not News. Benjamin Day launched the New York Sun in 1833 at one cent.
Peter Cellino·Jun 13, 2025
The Lights Are On, but Nobody's Home. Walk into the Hartford Courant newsroom and you'll hear more echoes than phone rings.
Peter Cellino·Jun 13, 2025
