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Roundup: Standard.site goes upstream, x402, and the content licensing debate

A roundup of infrastructure news for those publishing on the new web

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Democracy, news tech, and the future of Canadian journalism: 3 event reports

From Toronto, London, and Vancouver.

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Report from IETF AIPREF working group in Toronto

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meets three times a year. IETF meetings are usually about 1000 people in-person and the same online, occur over 5 days and have dozens of sessions. In between those flagship meetings many IETF groups will gather for interim meetings, dedicated sessions to focus

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ATmosphereConf 2026

Amongst the blooming cherry blossoms and the busyness of students on reading break preparing for exams, the global AT Protocol community conference ATmosphereConf convened at the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver BC from March 26-29. This is the second year of the conference. Although supported by Bluesky

Interview with Justin Bank from The Independent Journalism Atlas

🎙️This edition of the newsletter features an extended interview with Justin Bank, co-founder of The Independent Journalism Atlas, a new database of creator journalists from around the world launched at the Knight Media Forum last February. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? Sure. I’m a

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At work in the ATmosphere

The Executive Summary for the Protocols for Publishers ✨ London Stakeholder Forum (jump to recap here) shipped last week and contained a page with 14 action points distilled out of the conversations in the room. We will be discussing those action points more in the future but here are two that

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Event Recap: London 2026

A community of hackers, journalists, bloggers, developers, thought leaders, civil society activists and more gathered at Newspeak House, the independent college of political technology, on February 4th and 5th to participate in the London edition of Protocols for Publishers, discussing future alternatives for publishing on the web. This is the

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Parts and wholes

Watch the trends and align for the good.

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We're All Set: Final Details for PfP✨London

The last pieces have been locked in for our next in-person event in London. Firstly, we would like to announce or last speaker: Jeremiah Lee from the Interledger Foundation who will be discussing developments in web payments. SPEAKER: WEB PAYMENTS Jeremiah Lee is a program officer for the Interledger

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How web publishing will change in 2026?

Don't just *think* about what comes next, think about what you can DO about it to make it work for you! Also, PfP✨ London speaker reveal!

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More PfP✨ London Updates and a blizzard of festive links

A bonus edition of the Newsletter with some event announcements and a bunch of links

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PfP✨ London dates and early speakers

Join us in London on Feb 4-5, 2026 to discuss how we can preserve an open, equitable web, where no one company holds the keys.

In-person Events

Express your interest: PfP event in Europe in 2026

The Protocols for Publishers community launched with its initial Showcase and Summit in NYC in August 2025. Next is an event in Europe. Please use the form below to express your interest in attending. Feel free to use the feedback forms to let us know if you are interested in

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Event Recap

Event Recap: NYC 2025

A look at the Showcase and Summit in August 2025

Site Updates

Next steps for PfP

After a successful initial event in NYC in August, the Protocols for Publishers initiative is being stood up as an independent initiative, a community of practice at the intersection of new protocol development and publishing on the open web. Attendees to our first Summit in New York expressed interest in

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