Brick House follows the recent start of Defector, a digital media company owned and operated by 18 of the writers and editors who quit the sports blog Deadspin last year in protest over management decisions. Like Defector, Brick House will be controlled by its writers and supported by subscriptions. Ms. Bustillos said the corporate structure of Brick House was inspired by the worker-owned Arizmendi Bakery in San Francisco. Each publication can own a single share in the larger company, which is priced at $1 and can be sold back only to the company. “This is a moment in journalism to experiment,” said Kyle Pope, the editor in chief and publisher of the Columbia Journalism Review, who is also a member of Brick House’s advisory council.

Source: New York Times August 25, 2020 16:00 UTC