Maghreb Insider publishes editorial content about North Africa, the Maghreb and the Sahel. This page explains who publishes Maghreb Insider, how the site may be funded, and how commercial relationships are kept separate from editorial decisions.
The purpose of this page is transparency rather than financial reporting. It describes the publisher information and commercial arrangements that have been confirmed without implying investors, ownership structures, revenue sources or corporate relationships that have not been disclosed.
Publisher and Owner
Maghreb Insider operates publicly under the Maghreb Insider publishing identity.
No separate incorporated owner, parent company or legal company name is currently stated on this site. Readers should therefore not infer a separate corporate owner from the publication name alone.
Maghreb Insider traces its editorial history to 2023.
Editorial Responsibility
Bruce Maddy is the Founder, Director and Editor of Maghreb Insider.
Editorial decisions are made under the responsibility of Maghreb Insider's editors and are separate from advertising or other commercial discussions. Decisions about whether to cover a subject, how to describe it, what evidence to use and what conclusions are supported by that evidence are editorial matters rather than commercial benefits.
Funding
Maghreb Insider does not publish unverified claims about investors, funding rounds, revenue or profitability.
Advertising is planned as part of the publication's funding model. Google AdSense is planned for programmatic advertising but should not be considered active until implemented.
Sponsored content is not currently an active standard publishing format. Affiliate links are not currently used.
These distinctions are important because a potential future commercial format should not be described as a current source of funding before it is actually introduced.
Advertising and Commercial Independence
Advertising, sponsorship or paid visibility does not determine independent editorial conclusions.
Advertisers do not receive approval rights over unrelated independent editorial articles. A commercial relationship does not create a right to require favorable coverage, prevent evidence-based criticism or determine how an editorial issue is ranked or interpreted.
Rankings
Paid visibility does not determine editorial ranking position.
Rankings and comparisons are editorial products and should remain distinguishable from any separately identified commercial visibility.
Conflicts of Interest
Editors and contributors should disclose relevant financial, commercial, professional or personal conflicts that could reasonably affect their editorial work.
Gifts, access, hospitality or commercial relationships should not determine editorial conclusions. Where a relationship is relevant to a reader's understanding of published material, transparency about that relationship may be appropriate.
Changes
If material ownership or funding arrangements change, Maghreb Insider may update this page and related policy pages to reflect the change. The purpose of such an update would be to keep public descriptions aligned with the publication's actual structure rather than leave outdated information in place.
Questions
- General ownership or funding: union@maghrebinsider.com
- Advertising: advertising@maghrebinsider.com
- Partnerships: partnerships@maghrebinsider.com
Publisher Address
Maghreb Insider71-75 Shelton Street
London WC2H 9JQ
England, United Kingdom