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The Colony OK — publisher notes

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Building in Public

Honest updates while we build Oklahoma's independent news media hub — product milestones, editorial direction, and what is coming next.

The status board

A newsroom, a studio, and a channel — under one masthead.

Not a blog with a paywall. An investigations desk, a daily file, a podcast studio, a channel that runs around the clock, and a public record of how every official in this state votes. Here is all of it, and here is what is honestly finished — 16 of 23 pieces working today.

Read

LiveInvestigationsRecords requests, lobbyist money, school boards, county commissions. The stories that take three months and don't trend.
In buildDaily newsWhat actually happened at the Capitol, filed the day it happened, written for people who live here.
LiveThe Report CardEvery official graded A–F, issue by issue, with the evidence link attached to each grade. Not opinion — a record you can check.
In build77 countiesA page for each one. Most of them have no full-time reporter left.
LiveTopicsFollow an issue instead of a section.
LiveFollow your countiesPick the counties you live and work in. Your feed and your email follow.

Watch and listen

In buildTheColonyTVThe 24/7 channel. Programming around the clock, not a video page.
In buildLive broadcastsWatch live with member chat and polls running alongside.
LivePodcastsLong-form with the people running, funding, and fighting this state.
LiveShowsRecurring programmes with their own hosts and their own beats.
In buildDispatchesShort clips pulled from the broadcast, free to share.

The newsroom

LiveThe Wall of HonorEvery founding member named publicly and permanently, with their certificate number.
In buildBuilt in publicArchitecture, budget lines, and mistakes — published as we go.
LiveSubmit a tipA confidential channel straight to the desk.
LiveSearchAcross every story, show, episode and series we've published.
LiveNamed journalistsA byline on every piece. Copy drafted with AI assistance says so, every time.

Membership

LiveCharter seatsA thousand, ever. Numbered certificate, tier seal, permanent listing.
LiveSettler — $4.99/moThe founding rate, locked for as long as you keep it.
LiveTheColonyTV — $9.99/moThe 24/7 channel unlocked — full broadcasts, and the shows we keep for our own.
LiveGift a membershipA code someone else redeems, whenever they get to it.
LiveDonateOne-time support without taking a membership.
LiveApps and offlineInstallable on your phone, and it keeps working on a bad connection.
In buildMember feedComments, posts, and profiles carrying your seal.

And here it is, running.

Not screenshots. The channel below is the one playing right now, and the headlines are the last things filed.

TheColonyTV — open the channel →

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