Author Archives: Mike Fourcher

I think that most of us, when we start a business, we sketch out a basic plan of what we’re going to do, how we’re going to do it and then jump right in. We run our businesses, grow them … Continue reading →

On September 30, 2011, during the Block by Block conference at Loyola University Chicago, 21 local, independent online publishers from across the United States voted to form a trade association. A steering committee was appointed to further organize the association. … Continue reading →

Announcing the Chicago Independent Ad Network, a powerful new channel for advertisers to reach Chicago’s most civically engaged and influential readers. Composed of fifteen, local high-quality news sites, the Chicago Independent Ad Network is a digital-only network providing over one … Continue reading →

As a publisher, I love Facebook. We post teasers for stories from CSJ and RVJ to Facebook and they bring in almost 10% of our pageviews. But as an average web consumer, I’m losing interest in Facebook. Worse yet, I’m … Continue reading →

I have read the New York Times steadily, if not daily, since I was eleven and my folks had an ancient paper subscription. At different times I’ve loved it, liked it, been ambiguous. As I’ve thought more and more about … Continue reading →