How We Make Money
THETECHMUSK (TTM) Media Limited is a privately held company founded and led by Md Nazrul Islam. We uphold a strict firewall between our newsroom and our business operations (see our [editorial policy]), and we disclose any potential conflicts of interest.
The company is governed by a one-person board of director alongside editorial representatives. Founder Md Nazrul Islam oversees both the day-to-day business operations and editorial strategy.
Revenue Sources
TTM generates revenue through a diverse set of channels, all clearly labeled and transparently communicated to our audience:
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Advertising Partnerships
Clearly labeled ads appear across our newsletters, website, social media posts, podcasts, and mobile app. These are paid for by companies and not-for-profits. -
Sponsored Events
On-the-record events covering topics such as policy, business, and technology. TTM maintains full control over the themes, participants, and questions. Sponsors receive brand promotion and fully labeled sponsored segments. -
Subscriptions
Industry-focused newsletters providing exclusive analysis, reporting, and access to special events. -
Musk Studio
A creative studio producing branded content for advertisers in TTM’s editorial style. Formats include written articles, videos, and audio. All Musk Studio content is clearly labeled as partner-created. -
Membership
In TTM Local markets, readers can contribute financially to support local journalism initiatives. -
Job & Event Boards
Paid job listings and event postings featured in select newsletters and TTM Local platforms.
Editorial Integrity
Editorial independence is at the core of TTM. Our newsroom operates separately from advertisers, sponsors, investors, or other external influences.
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Editorial decisions are made solely by the editorial team and remain independent from business operations.
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Any story involving an investor, board member, or business partner includes a disclosure of that relationship. If coverage concerns an advertising sponsor, we may remove related advertisements to avoid confusion.
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Non-editorial content (e.g., sponsored posts, advertisements) is always clearly distinguished from independent journalism.
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Editorial staff cover their own expenses. Limited exceptions, such as travel support for moderating a panel or speaking at a conference, may be accepted with managerial and editor-in-chief approval. Disclosures are made if coverage results from such engagements.
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Journalists reviewing products may accept temporary access to those products solely for evaluation purposes, with no influence on editorial judgment.
Advertising Policy
All advertisements are clearly marked for our audience. There are no pop-up ads because they are distracting for readers and ineffective for the advertiser.
- All advertisers must stick to decency and language standards that are included in our advertising best practices.
- TTM will not run certain types of ads, including those with: phrases like “breaking news” that may mislead the audience to believe it’s journalism; commercial promotion of tobacco, firearms, weapons, drugs, diet pills or sex; negative caricatures of people; disparagement of competitors; disrespectful use of national symbols or flags; and, sponsor names that do not accurately represent the funding entity behind the campaign.
- TTM reserves the right to decline, at its discretion, any submission that includes content or a topic that TTM deems inappropriate, unfair, offensive, discriminatory, in poor taste, potentially libelous, or otherwise objectionable. TTM also reserves the right to, on occasion, request source material to substantiate factual claims made in a branded post.
- For more information on our advertising policies, contact us here.
