Platforms, Power, Paywalls, and Podcasts

This edition of the newsletter is a bit of a catch-up on links since we have been busy with outreach to potential speakers, participants, and sponsors for the second in-person Protocols for Publishers ✨ event in Europe. The next PfP event looks to be in London, UK and we

Chad Kohalyk (@chadkoh@indieweb.social)

Web publishing is facing its next challenge: a new iteration of centralizing platforms. BUT there is also a new wave of open protocols and standards that can help us gain our independence. Next month in NYC we are gathering a group of frontier technologists and popular web publishers to discuss how we can sail into this next platform shift as captains. #ProtocolsForPublishers https://pfp.unternet.co

#protocolsforpublishers #atproto #mcp #webapplets | Chad Kohalyk

Web publishing is facing its next challenge: a new iteration of centralizing platforms. BUT there is also a new wave of open protocols and standards that can help us gain our independence. Next month in NYC we are gathering a group of frontier technologists and popular web publishers to discuss how we can sail into this next platform shift as captains. #ProtocolsForPublishers Learn more and sign up here: https://pfp.unternet.co We will be hosting talks on #atproto #mcp #webapplets and web payments, and give publishers the opportunity to interact directly with developers working on these frontier technologies. Thank you to Unternet, Graze Social, Free our Feeds, and betaworks for their support.

Events

Upcoming AT Protocol community events, meetups, and conferences.

Protocols for Publishers ✨ London

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

Mike Masnick on protocols for publishers

An interview with @masnick.com (of TechDirt), the author of the influential 2019 paper "Protocols, Not Platforms," reflecting on how his ideas apply to publishers in 2026.

PfP✨ Toronto dates and early speakers

Early announcement: Join us in Toronto on Oct 5-6, 2026 to discuss how we can preserve an open, equitable web, where no one company holds the keys.

Blogging on the open social web - and more exciting features - pckt - Dev Journal

ATmosphere — referring to the growing ecosystem of applications built on the AT Protocol, a federated protocol for open social platforms. Not to be confused ...

Protocols for Publishers Showcase · Luma

Protocols for Publishers is an event and workshop series that brings together publishers, developers, and researchers to explore open protocols for a…

Unrigged (@unrigged.bsky.social)

The latest headlines from 30+ independent news publishers across Canada ⚓ unrigged.ca

Protocols for Publishers

A series bringing together publishers, developers, and researchers to explore open protocols for a sustainable agentic web.

In Our Timeline - AT Protocol

Paul and Daniel are on the livestream this week with a look at the new Standard.site integration, updates from permissioned data, and news from around the Atmosphere