Popula in the News

Popula is a journalist-owned, ad-free online news, arts and culture magazine with a humanistic, global sensibility. We are pioneers in the use of blockchain technology to explore new payment models for ethical, sustainable journalism, and to protect the integrity of what you read.

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Longform: “Best of 2018”

ComicsBeat: “The Best Comics of 2018”

Bunk: “Best American History Reads of 2018”

ZigZag Podcast: “Listening to Anthony Bourdain”

The Brick House Cooperative

The New York Times: A Media Pioneer Tries Again With a New Journalism Cooperative

The Nation: My Life in the Media Machine

Columbia Journalism Review: Introducing the Brick House: The Wolf-Proof Media Cooperative

Current Affairs Podcast: Support the Brick House Cooperative!

Bloomberg’s Odd Lots Podcast: This is What Happened When They Tried to Fix Journalism Using Blockchain

Knight Foundation: Five Business Model Shifts for Local News in 2021 and Beyond

Journalism and Crypto

Longform:“Best of 2018”

BreakerMag: “An Early Bitcoin Believer’s Bet on Blockchain Journalism”

Columbia Journalism Review: “Erasing History”

Postlight: “Decentralized Journalism: A Conversation with Maria Bustillos”

The Block Crypto: “News publication uploads an entire article onto Ethereum and IPFS”

CCN: “Popula Stores News on Ethereum’s Blockchain”

CoinDesk: “Civil-Backed News Site Stores Full Article on Ethereum Blockchain”

Yahoo Finance:  “Popula Stores News on Ethereum’s Blockchain”

CoinDesk: “Civil-Backed News Site Stores Full Article on Ethereum Blockchain”

Coin Talk Podcast: “The Coin Talk Interview with Maria Bustillos”

Civil.co and Popula

Civil: “Five Questions For… Aaron Bady, Popula”

Civil: “Five Questions For… A.J. Daulerio, Popula”

Civil: “Popula | Alternative News With a Global Conscience”

The Baffler:  “The Civil-izing Process”

Brooklyn Based: “Understanding Civil’s blockchain fix for the news: An explainer”

Observer: “This Blockchain-Powered News Network Could Solve Journalism’s Billionaire Problem”