Janosch Troehler
@janoschtroehler.com
Product Manager by day • Music Journalist by night Founder & Editor of @negativewhite.com
Ich würfle mich durch die Schweiz. Wo mich der Zufall hinführt, verbringe ich einen Tag. (Und natürlich hat es mich, in der ganzen Redaktion als Heimweh-Schaffhauser bekannt, in den Nordosten verschlagen.)
Die Überraschung wartet im Wald
Erste Station der «Tour de Suisse»: Hettlingen, ein kleines Dorf im Zürcher Weinland.
republik.ch
New: the highly controversial AI music generator Suno was hacked. The hacker sent us Suno source code; it shows the company scraped YouTube Music, Deezer, and Genius. In all, Suno scraped *decades* worth of music from the internet. Obviously didn't pay artists www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
It’s a big weekend for racists and anti-racists in Switzerland. The country is voting whether to: - cap its population - make it easier to exploit foreign workers Vote is on Sunday. Here’s a write up by the FT (gift link)
Swiss voters weigh world’s first population cap
Initiative would require the government to act once the number of people reached 9.5mn
giftarticle.ft.com
One year ago I sent the first Sound Business from a hotel room in London. Gave myself a year to see if it was worth continuing. 120+ subscribers later: yes.
Auch eine sinnvolle Übung für dieses „unbedeutende“ Amt..:
Hey, look at Substack promoting Andrew Tate as the #1 new bestseller. The company's amoral leadership & backers will platform anyone, even ludicrously toxic rapists & human traffickers.
Wir haben mit dem Onlinemagazin @republik.ch in 9 Tagen geschafft, wofür wir uns drei Wochen Zeit nehmen wollten: 2000 neue Mitglieder gewonnen! Herzlichen Dank für die grosse Unterstützung, die uns ermöglicht, Schulen + Erstwähler:innen ein kostenloses Abo zur Verfügung zu stellen. 😍
Exakt diese Frage.
Negative White@negativewhite.com · 5mo ago@jaybadran.bsky.social asking the right questions: „How does the Federal Council see the advantage of dismantling the SRG entertainment offer for the population & cultural workers from the film, music and entertainment industry?“ www.parlament.ch/de/ratsbetri...
First report from this year‘s m4music Festival, introducing the bold and innovative sound by Swiss-Iraqi artist 3YOONI.
Dream, dance, and despair
Swiss-Iraqi artist 3YOONI performed at this year's m4music festival in Zurich. His performance was as bold and innovative as one can imagine.
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Absurd: Der @tagesanzeiger.bsky.social flutet Schaffhausen mit KI-produzierten Artikeln. So wolle man in den Gemeinden ein "Grundrauschen" produzieren und so Gemeinden für bezahlte Modelle gewinnen, schreibt die TX Group intern. Bisher wirken die Artikel vor allem etwas derangiert.
Retter der Qualitätspresse - Schaffhauser AZ
Der Tagesanzeiger stösst in den Schaffhauser Lokaljournalismus vor, laut Interna mit klarem Ziel. Ein Hoch auf die vierte Gewalt. Wir lieben unsere Konkurrenz. Die Schaffhauser Nachrichten, die wir ge...
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I love this about creator and indie journalism: Country borders don't matter to niche audiences.
Trustfnd@trustfnd.com · 5mo agoOne thing to love about independent journalism: Global niches. Meet @janoschtroehler.com, founder and editor of @negativewhite.com. It's a publication about the business of music, popular in the US, UK, Poland, France and many more places including Switzerland, where it was founded.
"The speed with which US democracy is being dismantled is unprecedented in modern history." www.theguardian.com/world/commen... I never thought I would live through that. But here I am.
‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog | Martin Gelin
Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin
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@janoschtroehler.com joined Trustfund to team up with other music journalists, saying: "Music is such a vast beat, so one independent publication won’t ever be able to cover it all." Get verified on Trustfund to bundle with Janosch and any other journalist you love. Trustfnd.com
One thing to love about independent journalism: Global niches. Meet @janoschtroehler.com, founder and editor of @negativewhite.com. It's a publication about the business of music, popular in the US, UK, Poland, France and many more places including Switzerland, where it was founded.
Negative White
Independent music newsletter from Switzerland
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Für Hossli also Journalismus am Limit. Oder auch PR?
Elia Blülle@bluelle.bsky.social · 5mo agoPeter Hossli, 2024 vs. Peter Hossli, 2025
700+ new email subscriptions for climate journalism 💪🏻 The collaborative growth story of the Climate News Task Force, as told by @planetdetroit.org founder @ninaignaczak.bsky.social
Schon der beste Kommentar bei Birrers Tagi-Kommentar zur Halbierungsinitiative.
Yesterday, Switzerland voted to keep its strong public broadcasting. But the far-right efforts to destroy it continues.
The SRG is saved—for now
The halving initiative has failed, and public broadcasting has been saved. But the battle is already moving into the next round.
negativewhite.com
New from 404 Media: Proton Mail, the privacy-focused email service, gave authorities data that let the FBI unmask an anonymous 'Stop Cop City' protester. It was payment data linked to the anonymous email account. From that, FBI ID'd them, then tracked their movements www.404media.co/proton-mail-...
Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protestor
A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the ...
404media.co
Today @ghost.org crossed $10M ARR, as a bootstrapped non-profit foundation building open source software. Indie publisher revenue earned with Ghost now ~$130M, and accelerating.
WSJ reporting that the U.S. used Claude for the air strikes in Iran. Centcom has been using Claude "for intelligence assessments, target identification and simulating battle scenarios" www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
