Solano Media, LLC

Our media trade publication TheDesk.net recently interviewed Adam Ware of television broadcaster Sinclair Inc. about the company's success with its digital multicast networks, which also includes a glimpse at Ware's long career in the TV space. Worth a read!

Major News: California Forever is pulling the East Solano Plan from the November ballot and will work toward a negotiated developer agreement with Solano County before trying again in 2026. Solano NewsNet — the only locally-incorporated commercial news publication covering all of Solano County — has this report on the matter, including reaction from Solano County officials and a federal lawmaker.

Last week, we had the opportunity to interview California Forever CEO Jan Sramek about the East Solano Plan. During the interview, he remarked on matters like water rights, traffic, infrastructure improvement, green energy, housing and affordability — and also addressed critics who have concerns over the feasibility of the large-scale development project. Read our exclusive interview with Jan Sramek at the link.

We're excited to see Mychal Threets honored during tonight's "The Grio Heroes" telecast, streaming live on theGrio via the free Local Now app. Way to represent Solano County, and thank you for all your hard work!

A new post about the bad newspaper legislation in California, New York, and Canada. "If you’re going to pass laws to support journalism, then don’t support news as it was, support news as it could be."

We're turning the lights off at The Desk. Now, when you activate "Dark Mode" on your phone, tablet or other supported device, you'll get an enhanced version of The Desk that matches your other Dark Mode-compatible apps and websites. Over the coming weeks, we'll be updating the Dark Mode version of The Desk with user interface tweaks and additional enhancements to make the reading experience more enjoyable. Feedback, as always, is appreciated!

Google has lost the plot. They need – no, sorry, they desperately need – people like Matthew Keys to produce content. Without him and countless others like him THERE IS NO INTERNET. Nothing for Google to index. No way for them to make money. When Google hurts TheDesk.net they're committing suicide. 

We're excited to bring Solano NewsNet to Forth!

Today, Google said it will stop linking to California-based news websites in opposition to the California Journalism Prevention Act (CJPA). Solano Media, the parent company of TheDesk.net and Solano NewsNet, voiced its opposition to the CJPA when it was up for consideration last year. We continue to oppose the CJPA, but believe Google's decision to remove all links to news content produced by publishers based in California and to halt investments in news-related initiatives is retaliatory, short-sighted and will only provide additional political and social fodder for the proponents of the deeply-flawed CJPA.

We are very concerned by reports that large, private tech companies are training their artificial intelligence tools on copyrighted news content, then unleashing those tools on the public without fair compensation to news organizations. That the New York Times may have prompted OpenAI's tools thousands of times in order to cultivate a few examples of the tool's plagiarism and copyright infringement still means the tool committed plagiarism and copyright infringement. We will be watching this case very closely.