A fresh start for local news.
Break free from legacy CMS products and clunky home-grown solutions, with an open platform designed for modern media.
2024Ghost is an independent non-profit foundation building open source technology for modern newsrooms.
We make a powerful platform for running a website, growing an audience, sending email newsletters, and collecting subscription revenue from members.
It's time to write a new(s) story.
Amidst all the struggles of modern media and its place in an ever-changing society, we see opportunity.
Advertising models may never return to their heyday, but reader-driven, subscription-funded models are re-aligning incentives and bringing communities back together.
Quality, rather than quantity, is what works in 2024.
How The Atlantic went from broke to profitable in 3 years
We believe there’s a huge untapped audience for the highest quality journalism that is still willing to pay for it.
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Lessons from a $4.5M ad-free news platform in Holland
We’ve grown to an online journalism platform with more than 60,000 paying members. Readers pay us, and we invest that money into journalism. That is our business model.
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Why the future of media is subscription-based
In the ever-evolving landscape of media, a seismic shift is underway, and subscription-based models are emerging as the linchpin of the industry's future.
Forbes →We work with local news publishers and independent journalists all over the world to help them build a sustainable business to fund their reporting.
The good news? It's working.
Today, Ghost is is one of the most widely adopted platforms in the world for independent news. There are far more news sites running on Ghost than on Newspack, at a fraction of the cost.
Kyiv Independent
News, analyses, investigations, opinions, podcasts and more. On-the-ground reporting from Ukraine
https://kyivindependent.com
Hellgate NYC
A subscriber-funded, worker-owned news outlet about New York City, named for the city's sturdiest (and handsomest) bridge over its most treacherous currents.
https://hellgatenyc.com
Raincross Gazette
Local news and events for Riverside published by Riversiders.
https://www.raincrossgazette.com
The Maple
A reader-funded Canadian publication that puts the working class first. Fiercely critical and dedicated to investigating stories and exploring ideas no one else will.
https://www.readthemaple.com
Winchester News
A trusted and reliable source of local news in Winchester, Massachusetts. MA USA
https://winchesternews.org
Napa Valley Insider
Discover the best of Napa Valley. Get the latest updates on news, events, food & wine, and more. Stay informed with the premier platform for local Napa journalism.
https://www.napavalleyinsider.com
The Berkeley Scanner
Timely, comprehensive crime and safety news to Berkeley, CA. Editor-in-chief: Award-winning veteran news reporter Emilie Raguso.
https://www.berkeleyscanner.com
Roanoke Rambler
A trusted and reliable source of local news in Winchester, Massachusetts. MA USA
https://www.roanokerambler.com
Austin Politics
Politics & policy in America's fastest growing city.
https://www.austinpolitics.net
Daily Detroit
What to know and where to go in Metro Detroit on our daily podcast and newsletter.
https://www.dailydetroit.com
Lookout Phoenix
A nonprofit news site dedicated to covering Arizona's LGBTQ+ community.
https://www.lookoutphx.org
The Ingleside Light
An independent news organization dedicated to delivering reliable and essential coverage of San Francisco's Ingleside neighborhood.
https://www.inglesidelight.com
Great Central Gazette
Investigations, features, culture and events to keep you informed of what’s happening around Leicester. Owned by the community, for the community.
https://www.greatcentralgazette.org
South Dakota News Watch
An independent, nonprofit organization reporting untold stories that help South Dakotans be informed and engaged citizens.
https://www.sdnewswatch.org
The Savannahian
The only destination for completely independent journalism, arts, and culture in Savannah, GA.
https://www.thesavannahian.com
Bklyner
Brooklyn’s largest local news site, covering the diversity of the Brooklyn neighborhoods since 2008, and the news, issues, events, and businesses that matter to their residents.
https://bklyner.com
Tangle
An independent, ad-free, non-partisan politics newsletter. Isaac Saul dives deep into the best arguments from across the political spectrum on the news of the day.
https://readtangle.com
The Lever
Award-winning journalist and Oscar-nominated writer David Sirota conducts investigative journalism about holding people and corporations manipulating the levers of power accountable.
https://levernews.com
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