Janosch Troehler
@janoschtroehler.com
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Product Manager by day • Music Journalist by night Founder & Editor of
@negativewhite.com
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kottke.org
23 days ago
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.
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Negative White
27 days ago
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28 days ago
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Bice Curiger zur Krise im Kulturjournalismus - fridamagazin.ch
Bice Curiger plädiert im Interview mit FRIDA Magazin für mehr Engagement und weniger Erbsenzählerei im Kulturjournalismus.
https://fridamagazin.ch/artikel/bice-curiger-zur-krise-im-kulturjournalismus/
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Negative White
about 1 month ago
It‘s been five years already. A retrospective on Weekly5:
www.negativewhite.com/five-years-o...
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Dennis Bühler
about 1 month ago
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. 😍
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Richtig gute Versprechen.
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2000 neue Mitglieder, 3 Versprechen – Republik
Republik abonnieren: 50 % Rabatt bis zum 14. April 2026.
https://www.republik.ch/kampagne/2000-mitglieder-3-versprechen
about 1 month ago
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Elia Blülle
about 1 month ago
self destruction initiated in 3,2,1...
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Exakt diese Frage.
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about 2 months ago
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Negative White
about 2 months ago
First report from this year‘s m4music Festival, introducing the bold and innovative sound by Swiss-Iraqi artist 3YOONI.
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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.
https://www.negativewhite.com/3yooni-dream-dance-and-despair/
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Simon Muster
about 2 months ago
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.
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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...
https://www.shaz.ch/2026/03/19/retter-der-qualitaetspresse/
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Michaël Jarjour
about 2 months ago
I love this about creator and indie journalism: Country borders don't matter to niche audiences.
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Jay Rosen
about 2 months ago
"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.
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‘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
https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2026/mar/17/trump-is-aiming-for-dictatorship-thats-the-verdict-of-the-worlds-most-credible-democracy-watchdog?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=fb_us&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1773746126
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Trustfnd
about 2 months ago
@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.
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Trustfnd
about 2 months ago
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.
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Negative White
Independent music newsletter from Switzerland
https://trustfnd.com/negativewhite
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Für Hossli also Journalismus am Limit. Oder auch PR?
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Trustfnd
about 2 months ago
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
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Schon der beste Kommentar bei Birrers Tagi-Kommentar zur Halbierungsinitiative.
about 2 months ago
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Negative White
about 2 months ago
Yesterday, Switzerland voted to keep its strong public broadcasting. But the far-right efforts to destroy it continues.
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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.
https://www.negativewhite.com/the-srg-is-saved-for-now/
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Joseph Cox
2 months ago
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-...
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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 ...
https://www.404media.co/proton-mail-helped-fbi-unmask-anonymous-stop-cop-city-protestor/
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John O'Nolan
2 months ago
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.
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nitasha tiku
2 months ago
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...
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Adrienne Fichter
3 months ago
Finally available in english and paywall-free We are sued for this article. Palantir doesn't want policymakers and decisionmakers or anyone to read this article... Streisand, Galore! 😉
www.republik.ch/2026/02/18/h...
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How tenaciously Palantir courted Switzerland
Internal documents show how the country finally rejected pitches by tech company Palantir.
https://www.republik.ch/2026/02/18/how-tenaciously-palantir-courted-switzerland
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Wer X als valide Alternative zu einem starken Service Public anführt, dem ist wohl nicht mehr zu helfen.
2 months ago
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Wir leben in Hakenkreuzzeiten La résistance, Zeit, euch zu zeigen
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FJØRT - '43 (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Grand Hotel van Cleef
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2 months ago
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I just set up a
@trustfnd.com
account for
@negativewhite.com
! Excited for the first collab.
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Negative White | Trustfund
Independent music newsletter from Switzerland
https://trustfnd.com/negativewhite
3 months ago
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Jason
3 months ago
"Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters"
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Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/07/revealed-how-substack-makes-money-from-hosting-nazi-newsletters?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Negative White
3 months ago
For more than 10 years, our editor thought to have lost the recording of his Paul McCartney interview forever. Today, it turned up again.
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The Lost Paul McCartney Interview
In 2012, I had the opportunity to interview Paul McCartney on the phone. When I formatted my hard drive a few years later, I thought I lost the recording forever. Until today.
https://www.negativewhite.com/the-lost-paul-mccartney-interview/
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Heute hingegen… 🎉
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3 months ago
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Ein solches Rennen wie gerade in
#CransMontana
braucht niemand.
3 months ago
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Thomas Ley
3 months ago
Bevor die SVP-Delegierten einträchtig die Zerstörung der SRG beschliessen, schauen sie alle zusammen auf SRF, wie Odi gewinnt. Eindrücke aus einem Land, in dem alles gratis ist.
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SVP Delegierte schauen Skirennen während Marco Odermatt vor Halbierungsinitiative warnt
Ski-Star Marco Odermatt sorgt diese Woche nicht nur mit seinen Podestplätzen für Schlagzeilen, sondern auch mit einem politischen Statement. Er warnt öffentlich vor der sogenannten Halbierungsinitiati...
https://www.telezueri.ch/zuerinews/svp-delegierte-schauen-skirennen-waehrend-marco-odermatt-vor-halbierungsinitiative-warnt-163181327
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3 months ago
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Ed Zitron
3 months ago
Greg Brockman, OpenAI's COO, donated $25m to a MAGA Superpac, spare me
finance.yahoo.com/news/openai-...
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Norman
4 months ago
The Danish Ministry of Digital Affairs is moving away from Microsoft and switching instead to Linux and LibreOffice
www.heise.de/news/Von-Wor...
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Abschied bis Herbst: Dänisches Digitalministerium kehrt Microsoft den Rücken
Beim dänischen Digitalministerium sollen alle Angestellten ohne Microsoft auskommen. Stattdessen werde man Linux und LibreOffice nutzen, sagt die Ministerin.
https://www.heise.de/news/Von-Word-und-Excel-zu-LibreOffice-Daenisches-Ministerium-verabschiedet-Microsoft-10438683.html#
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Anne Applebaum
4 months ago
"Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize."
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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/trump-letter-to-norway/685676/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK36YjEx6PWcaiwVCToEIk3KY
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Sarah Raich
4 months ago
Louder fot the people in the back: AI IS A SCAM!
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UMAW
4 months ago
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties. The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized. Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
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Martin Steiger 🦋
4 months ago
Journalist:innen bei der
#SRG
dürfen nichts sagen, Journalist:innen bei den Medienkonzernen – jetzt oder potenziell – wollen nichts sagen … 🙄
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Halbierungsinitiative: Deshalb leisten Journalist:innen keinen Widerstand
Die Halbierungsinitiative würde das gesamte Mediensystem schwächen. Während sich Politik, Verbände und Initianten zur Halbierungsinitiative äussern, schweigt eine Gruppe: die Journalist:innen selbst.
https://tsri.ch/a/schweizer-halbierungsinitiative-kein-widerstand-von-journalist-innen-nzz-tages-anzeiger-woz
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Lobbywatch
4 months ago
«Ich habe Besseres zu tun» – Wenn Parlamentarier:innen auf Transparenz-Anfragen reagieren Lobbywatch fragte im Sommer 2025 alle 246 National- und Ständerät:innen: Wie viel verdienen Sie mit Ihren Nebenjobs? Zur Recherche geht's hier:
www.lobbywatch.ch/de/artikel/t...
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Transparenz im Schweizer Parlament: Nur jedes vierte Ratsmitglied legt alle Einkünfte offen
Die Transparenz im National- und Ständerat stagniert. 56 Prozent aller Ratsmitglieder legen gegenüber Lobbywatch zwar mindestens die Entschädigung eines Mandates offen. Jedoch nur 27 Prozent machen a...
https://www.lobbywatch.ch/de/artikel/transparenz-im-schweizer-parlament-nur-jedes-vierte-ratsmitglied-legt-alle-einkuenfte-offen
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Some action over on
@negativewhite.com
‘s Instagram…
5 months ago
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flurina mia häberli
5 months ago
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Patrick Seemann
5 months ago
Der Einschätzung von
@janoschtroehler.com
ist wenig hinzuzufügen.
www.negativewhite.com/swiss-radio-...
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Swiss radio stations experiment with AI-generated music
An investigation by Nau.ch reveals that private radio stations Radio 1, Grischa, and Zürisee are using AI-generated music overnight to reduce costs. We need action.
https://www.negativewhite.com/swiss-radio-stations-experiment-with-ai-generated-music/
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Ein Drittel der Zürcher Clubs schreibt rote Zahlen. Bareinnahmen schrumpften um bis zu 40% seit 2018. Kann eine freiwillige Konzertabgabe, wie sie bald in Deutschland startet, den kriselnden Clubs unter due Arme greifen?
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German Industry starts Support Group “Live Music Fund”. Should Switzerland follow?
German concert promoters band together to launch a new fund to secure a diverse future for the industry. A solution for Switzerland, too? We talked to the experts.
https://www.negativewhite.com/german-industry-starts-support-group-live-music-fund-should-switzerland-follow/
5 months ago
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Negative White
5 months ago
Tomorrow, we’ll send the final edition of Sound Business this year. Subscribe here:
www.negativewhite.com/sound-busine...
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Negative White
5 months ago
From the wealth of musical creativity that we have covered editorially this year, we have distilled 25 songs that made 2025 something extraordinary. Loud, raucous sounds, dancing melodies and bittersweet pieces.
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25 Songs That Made 2025 Exceptional
Negative White unveils its picks for some of this year’s most compelling songs.
https://www.negativewhite.com/25-songs-that-made-2025-exceptional/
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Daniel Binswanger
5 months ago
Die Trump-Regierung benutzt faschistische Methoden, besonders bei der Jagd auf Migranten. Unterstützung erhält sie vom Tech-Konzern Palantir. Das CH-Medienhaus Ringier hat eine "strategische Partnerschaft" mit Palantir. Und betreibt Propaganda für den CEO
@republik.ch
www.republik.ch/2025/12/06/b...
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Palantir, die Schweiz – und der Techno-Faschismus
Die Tech-Firma propagiert eine Zukunft, in der Demokratie als Hindernis gilt. Auch bei uns.
https://www.republik.ch/2025/12/06/binswanger-der-techno-faschismus-palantir-und-die-schweiz
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Reto Vogt
6 months ago
Zum ChatGPT-"Interview" in der Sonntagszeitung. Es hat mich unglaublich fest aufgeregt. Vielleicht merkt man es. Ich poste aus Platzgründen meinen Rant von Linkdin als Screenshot. Zum "Interview" (Paywall):
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/hey-chatgpt-...
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Jean Zuber wasn’t just the bass player for the successful children’s band Schtärneföifi but also shaped the Swiss music business for 18 years as managing director at Swiss Music Export. Now, he’s stepping down. And I had the pleasure to sit down for an unofficial exit interview:
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“If my advice is to not quit your job and fully pursue music, it’s time for me to go—because that might be wrong”
For almost twenty years, Jean Zuber steered Swiss Music Export. A conversation about watering little plants, beacon projects, and why funding institutions should never curate.
https://www.negativewhite.com/interview-jean-zuber-swiss-music-export/
6 months ago
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Every week, I plough through hundreds of promotion emails for new music. Some of them are more effective than others. Here’s my perspective on what makes a good email promotion:
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How To Effectively Promote Your Music To Media
How you promote your new track, EP, or album to journalistic media differs significantly from a broader audience. We review hundreds of promotion emails every week—and have distilled some of the best ...
https://www.negativewhite.com/effective-music-promotion-emails-journalism-media-blogs/
6 months ago
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Olivier Baumann
6 months ago
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Auf einen von uns
Die Republik trauert um Produktionsleiter Reto Aschwanden. Ein Nachruf.
https://www.republik.ch/auf-einen-von-uns
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