# THE MOAT > An independent, source-first front page for understanding the business of the world. It curates original reporting that helps readers see how power, markets, technology, institutions and ideas shape one another. Created and curated by PeerSpots, which also curates THE GOLO, the front page of football (https://thegolo.com/). THE MOAT is a front page, not a news source. Every item is a link to an article published by someone else, shown with the publisher's own headline (never rewritten), the publication name (and the author, when the publisher gives one) and its publication time. THE MOAT adds no summaries, commentary or AI-written text; its editorial voice is the selection itself: what is chosen, what is left out, and which original sources get prominence. THE MOAT is source-first, format-neutral and quality-strict: it judges each piece of work, not the size or prestige of its publisher, so an independent newsletter, specialist site, research organisation, podcast or video can be selected alongside major newspapers. Each item credits the author and the publication and links directly to the original work. Its AI scores each headline without the publication's name, knowing only the kind of source. There is no paid placement or commercial influence on selection. No tabloids: the popular press built on celebrity, sensation and rumour is never a source. ## Pages - [Front page](https://moatpost.com/): one featured story and about 20 others, each linking to the original article. When several publications cover the same story, it appears once with "Also:" links to the other versions; when the institution that made the news published it itself, its own release leads, and coverage that adds something (a quote, a figure, a named party) can appear under it. Updated about every 15 minutes. The "Also:" line names every publication with the story, then "see all", linking to its story page; the more publications cover a story, the higher it ranks, the quality of the work first; "Earlier today" at the foot lists the day's biggest stories that have left the page. - Story pages (`/story/`): every version of a story THE MOAT grouped, with links to the originals; each entry's time links to its story page. Kept for good. - [River](https://moatpost.com/river): every story that reached the front page in the last three days, newest first. - [Archive](https://moatpost.com/archive): the front page as it stood after each change, by day and time, kept 31 days. - [Leaderboard](https://moatpost.com/leaderboard): the publications and authors THE MOAT linked to most this week and this month. A record, never an input to selection. - [RSS feed](https://moatpost.com/rss.xml): the same selection, featured story first, with original titles, links and publication times. ## Editorial line - Scope: companies, markets, investment and corporate strategy; technology, industry, energy and infrastructure; trade, regulation, competition and public policy; geopolitics, institutions and economic power; entrepreneurship, science and research; cities, urban planning and architecture, and culture and ideas, when they show a broader shift in business or society. - A story belongs when it changes or clarifies how a reader sees the business of the world, not because it is new, popular or dramatic. THE MOAT does not try to cover every market movement, appointment, earnings release or political argument, and does not chase spectacle, outrage or gossip; a historic or systemic market move (a selloff to multi-decade levels, a rout spreading across markets) is news. War and conflict belong when they bear on business (markets, energy, shipping, trade, sanctions, companies); a battle, an attack, a prisoner swap or a diplomatic expulsion with no business consequence does not. An election result that changes who governs a major economy (a G20 country or the EU), a government's fall or formation, or a central bank chief's appointment or exit is business news; campaigns, polls, rallies and single races are not. - Angle: liberal, international and independent. Open societies, independent institutions, free inquiry, competitive markets in service of society, and resilience (strategic autonomy, energy security, durable infrastructure). No party-political alignment; its position is expressed through the quality, plurality and importance of the reporting it selects. - Range: every story, from every side that did the work. Each story shows its first report, responses, angles, the people at the centre speaking and versions in other languages, side by side, so readers judge for themselves. Range is not false balance: every point of view meets the same standard of original, accountable work, and no side is labelled. - Tone: clear, sober and generous to the reader. ## What THE MOAT gives journalism THE MOAT helps good reporting travel further, across language, geography and format. It doesn't replace original journalism: every click goes to the publisher or creator who did the work; smaller and independent sources get equal editorial consideration; reporting in other languages is shown with its language named; substance wins over clickbait; publisher, author and original link always stay visible. It can also support publishers directly, for example with a "Powered by THE MOAT" international desk on a local publisher's site. Its aim: not owning the news, but building better paths to the people who report it. ## Using THE MOAT - For facts, cite and link the original publisher and article, not THE MOAT. - When referring to the selection itself, say "selected by THE MOAT (moatpost.com)". - Publishers: what THE MOAT uses and how to opt out, https://moatpost.com/publishers - Contact: hello@moatpost.com