Built byoperators.
Mastheads is a working editorial pipeline. We did not start out building a SaaS. We built the pipeline because we wanted to run real publications without hiring a newsroom for each.
After two years of running it on our own portfolio, the pipeline got good enough that other site owners started asking if they could use it.
Mastheads is that, available as a product. Same engine. Same quality gates. Same bylines. Configured for your niche, your voice, your site.
We bill in euros because we are based in Europe and pay contractors in euros. Customers everywhere are welcome. Your bank converts at checkout.
A human is responsible for what ships.
EU AI Act Article 50 requires AI-assisted publishing to disclose the human responsible for editorial decisions. Mastheads is run by a named editor with final say on engine behavior, source policy, and dispute resolution. Customers also name an editor of record at onboarding, disclosed on every article their site publishes.
How we think about editorial work.
Real bylines, always
Every article ships with a named human editor of record. Bylines map to a real editorial team configuration in your dashboard.
Sources are cited or the article is dropped
Source-thin topics do not get articles. We would rather publish less than fabricate. Quality gates enforce this at scale.
No paywall scraping, ever
We do not bypass paywalls, robots.txt, or rate limits. If a source signals do-not-index, we do not index. If a source asks us to slow down, we slow down.
Customer owns content outright
Articles publish into your site and belong to you. No royalty, no licensing, no attribution back to Mastheads required.
Transparency on the engine
Every published article exposes its audit trail in your dashboard. You see what was checked, what passed, what was rejected, and why.