About
News, without the noise.
The Specialty News is a free, ad-free publication covering AI, tech, business, trading, and geopolitics. No paywalls. No sponsors. No agenda.
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Every day produces more news than anyone can read. Very little of it matters. We exist for the part that does — the stories you keep thinking about after you close the tab.
Five subjects. One standard.
Artificial intelligence and the companies building it. Technology with real-world consequences. Business and the markets that move it. Trading, macro, and the geopolitics behind both. If understanding the details gives you an edge, it's our beat.
How we work
Start with a signal
Every story begins with something real — a market move, a policy shift, a breakthrough paper. If there's no signal, there's no story.
Humans decide
We use AI to help research and draft. Humans decide what's worth your time, and how to say it. We'd rather tell you that plainly than pretend otherwise.
Answer to readers
No paywalls, no banner ads, no sponsored content. The Specialty News runs on reader support, so the only person we answer to is you.
Who's behind it
Editor
Oliver Erd
Founder and editor of The Specialty News. Decides what gets covered, edits every story before it goes out, and answers for what's published.
Editorial standards
Every story starts from verifiable, public sources — market data, policy documents, research papers, primary reporting. We use AI tools to research and draft under editorial oversight: story selection, standards, and final judgment stay with humans. We say this plainly because trust is the product.
How we use AI. Our stories are researched and drafted with AI tools (Google Gemini) working from public sources: filings, papers, primary reporting, and posts by the people involved. Every draft is then read, edited, and approved for publication by our editor, Oliver Erd. Nothing is published without human review. That is why bylines read “The Specialty News Desk” and each story names the editor responsible for it.
We separate reporting from analysis, attribute what we didn't witness, and never publish sponsored content disguised as journalism. When we get something wrong, we fix it. Spotted an error? Write to us via the contact page and we'll review it.
Built for reading.
Big type. Generous whitespace. Nothing blinking, nothing chasing your cursor. The design gets out of the way so the stories can do the work.
Free means free. If our work earns a spot in your day, that's the whole business model.