Michaël Jarjour
@jarjour.bsky.social
@trustfnd.com founder and ceo • board @republik.ch • past: Twitter, FT, SRF, NZZ • he/him • 🏳️🌈🇨🇭🇪🇺🇱🇧 • London
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Independent journalists need a boost, and with Trustfund you can get one (and give one).
Today, we're launching an all new experience to create, manage, and track newsletter growth collaborations.
With this release, we're introducing Analytics.
Today, we're launching an all new experience to create, manage, and track newsletter growth collaborations.
With this release, we're introducing Analytics.
Just a few more days until we launch into public beta 🥳
So we shipped some improvements to get ready.
So we shipped some improvements to get ready.
Eeeeeeeek... Just sent out invitations for everyone on the waitlist at @trustfnd.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Eeeeeeeek... Just sent out invitations for everyone on the waitlist at @trustfnd.com
I don't believe that counts as disclosure because you learn about it after you engage with the content.
But yes, I love Ground News, especially how they're supporting independent journalists and news creators with ad deals. It's smart and doesn't extract money from the journalism ecosystem.
But yes, I love Ground News, especially how they're supporting independent journalists and news creators with ad deals. It's smart and doesn't extract money from the journalism ecosystem.
February 10, 2026 at 8:52 AM
I don't believe that counts as disclosure because you learn about it after you engage with the content.
But yes, I love Ground News, especially how they're supporting independent journalists and news creators with ad deals. It's smart and doesn't extract money from the journalism ecosystem.
But yes, I love Ground News, especially how they're supporting independent journalists and news creators with ad deals. It's smart and doesn't extract money from the journalism ecosystem.
I love Ground News. I also love when brands funnel money into the ecosystem instead of adding to Zuck's and Google's pockets. But this very much looks like an undisclosed ad (unless I missed the disclosure?)
February 10, 2026 at 8:29 AM
I love Ground News. I also love when brands funnel money into the ecosystem instead of adding to Zuck's and Google's pockets. But this very much looks like an undisclosed ad (unless I missed the disclosure?)
Reposted by Michaël Jarjour
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
February 8, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
"His goal seems to be to convert what Donald Trump used to call the 'Amazon Washington Post' into a harmless shell of its former self as a display of knee-bending."
February 8, 2026 at 7:56 AM
"His goal seems to be to convert what Donald Trump used to call the 'Amazon Washington Post' into a harmless shell of its former self as a display of knee-bending."
"Reviving the Post is evidently not Bezos’s objective."
Good @edwardluce.bsky.social column on the Post stuff [GIFT link].
Good @edwardluce.bsky.social column on the Post stuff [GIFT link].
Bezos’s calculated vandalism of the Washington Post
He is just one of several pro-Trump oligarchs who now control key sections of the US media
giftarticle.ft.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:56 AM
"Reviving the Post is evidently not Bezos’s objective."
Good @edwardluce.bsky.social column on the Post stuff [GIFT link].
Good @edwardluce.bsky.social column on the Post stuff [GIFT link].
Support indie media
February 7, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Support indie media
What would we do without all the quality journalism
February 7, 2026 at 6:32 PM
What would we do without all the quality journalism
Reposted by Michaël Jarjour
My conclusion is that the mostly male journalists writing about this so giddily just *want* it to be true so bad. Desperate for young men to agree with them that "woke has gone too far" or whatever
The endless column inches, YouTube videos, podcasts and more given over to the largely non-existent rightwards shift of young men is exhausting.
A small fraction are getting radicalised by the online right. But most young men vote left and liberal! Even more so than millennials did at their age!
A small fraction are getting radicalised by the online right. But most young men vote left and liberal! Even more so than millennials did at their age!
The untold story that is told constantly and isn’t really true
February 7, 2026 at 12:43 PM
My conclusion is that the mostly male journalists writing about this so giddily just *want* it to be true so bad. Desperate for young men to agree with them that "woke has gone too far" or whatever
Can't wait for @joannastern.bsky.social to become even more unhinged.
Now that she's left the Wall Street Journal all guardrails are gone 😂 Never signed up to a newsletter faster
Now that she's left the Wall Street Journal all guardrails are gone 😂 Never signed up to a newsletter faster
February 7, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Can't wait for @joannastern.bsky.social to become even more unhinged.
Now that she's left the Wall Street Journal all guardrails are gone 😂 Never signed up to a newsletter faster
Now that she's left the Wall Street Journal all guardrails are gone 😂 Never signed up to a newsletter faster
Businesses that reward journalists with freedom, profit-sharing, and just generally agency, will be a bigger part of the future of journalism.
That's why I've founded @trustfnd.com. We allow journalists to keep their independence, but band together to boost each other.
Early access: trustfnd.com
That's why I've founded @trustfnd.com. We allow journalists to keep their independence, but band together to boost each other.
Early access: trustfnd.com
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February 7, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Businesses that reward journalists with freedom, profit-sharing, and just generally agency, will be a bigger part of the future of journalism.
That's why I've founded @trustfnd.com. We allow journalists to keep their independence, but band together to boost each other.
Early access: trustfnd.com
That's why I've founded @trustfnd.com. We allow journalists to keep their independence, but band together to boost each other.
Early access: trustfnd.com
With legacy newsrooms struggling creating stability and positive work cultures, most of the best will leave.
Great write-up for one of the options that are now easier to create (still hard, but easier): journalism co-ops: www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/jour...
Great write-up for one of the options that are now easier to create (still hard, but easier): journalism co-ops: www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/jour...
February 7, 2026 at 12:14 PM
With legacy newsrooms struggling creating stability and positive work cultures, most of the best will leave.
Great write-up for one of the options that are now easier to create (still hard, but easier): journalism co-ops: www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/jour...
Great write-up for one of the options that are now easier to create (still hard, but easier): journalism co-ops: www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/jour...
Obviously hyper generalizing here
February 5, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Obviously hyper generalizing here
I don’t think you have.
I’m glad you wrote it. But I think at this point it’s no longer a problem of knowledge but one of willingness.
There’s just not a ton of willingness to succeed in these companies and more of an effort to manage the decline.
I’m glad you wrote it. But I think at this point it’s no longer a problem of knowledge but one of willingness.
There’s just not a ton of willingness to succeed in these companies and more of an effort to manage the decline.
February 5, 2026 at 7:14 PM
I don’t think you have.
I’m glad you wrote it. But I think at this point it’s no longer a problem of knowledge but one of willingness.
There’s just not a ton of willingness to succeed in these companies and more of an effort to manage the decline.
I’m glad you wrote it. But I think at this point it’s no longer a problem of knowledge but one of willingness.
There’s just not a ton of willingness to succeed in these companies and more of an effort to manage the decline.
Reposted by Michaël Jarjour
i will never stop thinking about the intersection of epstein and the shitty media men list
February 5, 2026 at 6:07 PM
i will never stop thinking about the intersection of epstein and the shitty media men list
So agree.
But in my experience, that’s how incentives are structured. Executives finger pointing openly instead of collaborating.
No wonder it trickles down. There’s a lot of even board members in journalism who just tune out the tech, marketing, and sales in a journalism company.
But in my experience, that’s how incentives are structured. Executives finger pointing openly instead of collaborating.
No wonder it trickles down. There’s a lot of even board members in journalism who just tune out the tech, marketing, and sales in a journalism company.
February 5, 2026 at 7:05 PM
So agree.
But in my experience, that’s how incentives are structured. Executives finger pointing openly instead of collaborating.
No wonder it trickles down. There’s a lot of even board members in journalism who just tune out the tech, marketing, and sales in a journalism company.
But in my experience, that’s how incentives are structured. Executives finger pointing openly instead of collaborating.
No wonder it trickles down. There’s a lot of even board members in journalism who just tune out the tech, marketing, and sales in a journalism company.
We need Pulitzers for the best framing that accurately tells the story and is accessible and sells subscriptions.
Nominees:
“Tom Homan is a bitch,” by @marisakabas.bsky.social
“Brendan Carr is a dummy,” by @reckless.bsky.social
Both are very succinct, very accurate, and speak truth to power.
Nominees:
“Tom Homan is a bitch,” by @marisakabas.bsky.social
“Brendan Carr is a dummy,” by @reckless.bsky.social
Both are very succinct, very accurate, and speak truth to power.
February 5, 2026 at 6:52 PM
We need Pulitzers for the best framing that accurately tells the story and is accessible and sells subscriptions.
Nominees:
“Tom Homan is a bitch,” by @marisakabas.bsky.social
“Brendan Carr is a dummy,” by @reckless.bsky.social
Both are very succinct, very accurate, and speak truth to power.
Nominees:
“Tom Homan is a bitch,” by @marisakabas.bsky.social
“Brendan Carr is a dummy,” by @reckless.bsky.social
Both are very succinct, very accurate, and speak truth to power.
We have prototypes and concepts already, but the details are things we're still discussing with journalists who want this.
What's non-obvious and requires thought:
- Balancing audience experience and journalist control
- Make it inexpensive and easy to use for ANY journalist
What's non-obvious and requires thought:
- Balancing audience experience and journalist control
- Make it inexpensive and easy to use for ANY journalist
February 5, 2026 at 6:43 PM
We have prototypes and concepts already, but the details are things we're still discussing with journalists who want this.
What's non-obvious and requires thought:
- Balancing audience experience and journalist control
- Make it inexpensive and easy to use for ANY journalist
What's non-obvious and requires thought:
- Balancing audience experience and journalist control
- Make it inexpensive and easy to use for ANY journalist
I'm so pumped to launch into our public beta next week.
We don't support paid newsletter bundles yet, just free newsletter bundles. But that's where we're going.
I fully share the believe that bundling is an economic necessity for independent journalism.
We don't support paid newsletter bundles yet, just free newsletter bundles. But that's where we're going.
I fully share the believe that bundling is an economic necessity for independent journalism.
February 5, 2026 at 6:40 PM
I'm so pumped to launch into our public beta next week.
We don't support paid newsletter bundles yet, just free newsletter bundles. But that's where we're going.
I fully share the believe that bundling is an economic necessity for independent journalism.
We don't support paid newsletter bundles yet, just free newsletter bundles. But that's where we're going.
I fully share the believe that bundling is an economic necessity for independent journalism.
Thanks for the shoutout, @ernie.tedium.co !!!
February 5, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Thanks for the shoutout, @ernie.tedium.co !!!
Well earned distrust!
I'm not monied though :) All this is financed by the severance a certain someone according to press reports had to allegedly pay me when my time at a company called Twitter ended abruptly. So... I guess I was monied for a hot second.
I'm not monied though :) All this is financed by the severance a certain someone according to press reports had to allegedly pay me when my time at a company called Twitter ended abruptly. So... I guess I was monied for a hot second.
February 5, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Well earned distrust!
I'm not monied though :) All this is financed by the severance a certain someone according to press reports had to allegedly pay me when my time at a company called Twitter ended abruptly. So... I guess I was monied for a hot second.
I'm not monied though :) All this is financed by the severance a certain someone according to press reports had to allegedly pay me when my time at a company called Twitter ended abruptly. So... I guess I was monied for a hot second.
Ahaha, please be a thorn even if you're the biggest fan!
February 5, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Ahaha, please be a thorn even if you're the biggest fan!
Check out a bundle here: trustfnd.com/collaboratio...
Re the thread you referenced (thanks for reading): I'm a gay man, so my personal experience and my social circle might have given me an in?
Re the thread you referenced (thanks for reading): I'm a gay man, so my personal experience and my social circle might have given me an in?
February 5, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Check out a bundle here: trustfnd.com/collaboratio...
Re the thread you referenced (thanks for reading): I'm a gay man, so my personal experience and my social circle might have given me an in?
Re the thread you referenced (thanks for reading): I'm a gay man, so my personal experience and my social circle might have given me an in?
I'm not sure that I agree with the premise. But, generally, I don't think we (= Trustfund) will have a direct impact on what journalism gets lifted up by audiences, only insofar that we help smaller outlets and solo journalists give each other a boost.
February 5, 2026 at 2:06 PM
I'm not sure that I agree with the premise. But, generally, I don't think we (= Trustfund) will have a direct impact on what journalism gets lifted up by audiences, only insofar that we help smaller outlets and solo journalists give each other a boost.