The Digital Chief
Commercial

Founding Partners

Thirteen categories. One partner each. Twelve months from 30 November 2026 — with the editorial firewall stated in public, not buried in a rate card.

The Digital Chief is funded commercially. We would rather say that plainly and publish where the line sits than pretend otherwise and let readers guess.

The offer

01
Exclusive
One partner per category
Thirteen categories, each held by a single Founding Partner for twelve months from 30 November 2026. Exclusivity covers the Founding Partner position itself — no competitor is sold the same slot.
02
Named
A named seat on the record
Partners are named publicly for the duration. Readers can always see who funds what they are reading.
03
Firewall
Sponsorship never buys a conclusion
No sight of copy before publication, no input on which stories run, no removal of unfavourable coverage. Being a partner does not buy protection from the desks.

What partnership does not include

It does not include editorial review, story placement, veto over coverage, or access to subscriber data. Sponsored material is always labelled as sponsored and is never presented as reporting. If we cover a partner, we disclose the relationship in the piece.

All of this is written down in the advertising, sponsorship and affiliate policy, alongside our editorial standards. Those documents govern the commercial relationship, not a private side agreement.

Who this suits

Organisations that want to reach senior digital and marketing leaders and are comfortable being associated with coverage that grades its own evidence and publishes its own corrections. If you need editorial control, we are the wrong publication and we would rather say so now.

Talk to us

Founding Partner positions are open ahead of the soft opening on Monday 5 October 2026. Use the contact form and select the commercial enquiry option, and we will send the category list and terms.

Thirteen categories · One partner each · Twelve months from 30 November 2026

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