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Charlotte makes decisions like a big city and gets covered like a small town. The Charlotte Mercury was built to change that — independent, free, and answering to the city, not a chain.
Peter Cellino·Mar 29, 2026
The next great media company won't be built in New York. It will be built in a tier-2 city like Charlotte — where billion-dollar public decisions are being made and the press section is empty.
Peter Cellino·Mar 29, 2026
Peter Cellino on why he left a legal career to build Mercury Local — and how the skills he learned in courtrooms became the editorial foundation of an AI-native newsroom.
Peter Cellino·Mar 29, 2026
