Ownership & Funding

Last reviewed 2026-05-15.

Willis News is published by Nexcom Media (Nexcom Media Network). This page discloses our corporate structure, sources of funding, and any conflicts that might affect editorial decisions.

Publisher

Publication name
Willis News
Publisher
Nexcom Media
Parent network
Nexcom Media Network — nexcom.media
Founded
2024
Type
Independent digital news publisher
Region served
Willis, Texas
Mailing address
PO Box 80123, Willis, TX 77378
Phone
+1-832-225-5050
Editorial contact
editor@nexcom.media

Funding model

Willis News is supported by:

  1. Display advertising — Google AdSense (publisher ID public via /ads.txt). Ad placement is automated; advertisers cannot influence editorial decisions or place ads in specific articles.
  2. Cloudflare Pay-Per-Crawl — fees from AI training crawlers that license our content. See crawler pricing.
  3. Donations / supporter contributions — see /donate. All donations of $1,000 or more are disclosed publicly in this section within 30 days. Donors do not see content before publication and cannot direct coverage.
  4. Sponsored content (clearly labeled) — sponsorships are labeled "Sponsored" in the article header and excluded from news indexes per Google News policy. See /sponsor.
  5. Content licensing — fees from outlets that license our articles for republication (CC BY 4.0 is free; commercial licensing is paid).

Major donors & sponsors (current)

As of 2026-05-15, Willis News has no donors or sponsors of $1,000 or more requiring disclosure on this page. We will update this list within 30 days of any qualifying contribution.

Advertising disclosure

Display ads are served by Google AdSense and partner networks. We do not control which specific ads appear; placement is determined by Google's auction system based on user-context signals. We block ads in sensitive categories (gambling, payday loans, weight-loss scams) where Google's controls allow.

Affiliate links

When we link to products or services, we may receive a small commission if you click and purchase. Affiliate relationships do not affect what we choose to cover. Articles containing affiliate links are labeled "Includes affiliate links."

Editorial independence

Editorial decisions — what to cover, how to cover it, what to publish — are made by the editorial team alone. The publisher does not pre-approve articles. Advertisers, sponsors, and donors have no advance access to content and no veto.

AI training & licensing

Excerpts and structured data are CC BY 4.0 licensed. Full-article AI training requires a paid license — see crawler pricing and /ai.txt. We allow named AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, etc.) to crawl excerpts for assistant queries.

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