Introducing the "New Conglomerate" Model: A Revenue Lifeline for Independent Journalists, News Aggregators, and the Creator Economy

TEMECULA, CA / ACCESS Newswire / November 21, 2025 / Digitalage, a subsidiary of Hop-on, Inc. (OTCID:HPNN), today announced a forward shift in the information economy from the collapse of ad-supported news. The company is announcing the Creator Economy for News, a sovereign monetization marketplace where independent correspondents, lifestyle influencers, and global news publishers earn revenue directly from their audiences.

The message is blunt: Legacy media is dead. Creator-driven, verified reality is next.

The "OnlyFans Model" for Information

The traditional news industry collapsed after platforms trained audiences to expect content for free. Digitalage adapts the proven direct-to-consumer economics of OnlyFans and Patreon, but applies them to verified live news, sports, and cultural reporting.

Creators gain access to:

• Monthly recurring subscriptions

• Micro-tipping

• Pay-per-view reporting

• Exclusive community access

No algorithmic punishment. No engagement traps. No advertiser censorship. Creators finally get a real business model.

The New Conglomerates: A Comeback for News Publishers

For the first time in a decade, News Publishers and New Conglomerates can directly monetize their dormant video libraries.

Using Digitalage's marketplace, they can republish:

• Evergreen documentaries and historical archives

• Classic interviews and investigative work

• Cultural specials and decade retrospectives

Every asset becomes a new revenue stream. Every viewer becomes a direct customer.

News Is More Than Politics: The Revival of Culture

The industry forgot that most of daily life isn't political. Digitalage restores the full cultural spectrum:

Weather & Lifestyle
Weather doesn't require a studio. Charismatic creators can build paid communities with personality-driven daily updates.

Sports in the Fan Era
The new studio is the stadium seat. Superfans can live-stream reactions, commentary, and banter - and get paid for it.

Banter, Chisme, Community
The spirit of the classic morning show returns, but with revenue flowing to the hosts - not legacy networks.

2025 Patent Filings: The Technical Backbone of a Sovereign Platform

Digitalage is filing a fortress of patents to protect creators, authenticate reality, and guarantee integrity:

• Identity-Verified Secure Messaging (App. No. 63/781,036):
  Biometric-secured messaging for premium subscribers, journalists, and whistleblowers.

• Hardware-Accelerated Truth Verification (App. No. 63/908,082):
  Silicon-level authentication that evaluates live video credibility in under 20 ms, blocking AI deepfakes in real time.

• YoYo™ Data Portability:
  A proprietary system that lets creators bring their audiences and social graph with them, ending Big Tech lock-in.

"I cleared the deck because the industry needed a reset. We're done with curators who think they know what you should see. Digitalage is not a safe space. It's a real business built on direct fan-to-creator economics. The OnlyFans model works because it removes the middleman. We're bringing that to news."

"Whether you're a news publisher monetizing decades of archives or a creator covering weather, gossip, sports, or your neighborhood, Digitalage is your sovereign territory. You own the content. You keep the money. And with Yoti, we continue building the strongest age-verification and identity-security layer anywhere. No data mining. No manipulation. No gatekeepers."
Peter Michaels, Co-Founder of Digitalage and CEO of Hop-on, Inc.

About Hop-on, Inc. Hop-on, Inc. (OTCID:HPNN) is a US-based international leader in the development and manufacture of electronics, distributed software, and telecommunications hardware and services. Since 1993, the Company has had a proven record of innovation, from developing the world's first CDMA disposable cell phone to the upcoming Digitalage decentralized social media platform, which promotes data portability, free speech, and essential tools for content protection and royalty management. www.hop-on.com www.twitter.com/hpnn

About Digitalage Digitalage is revolutionizing the creator economy by combatting content piracy and empowering publishers, influencers, and contributors. The platform leverages decentralized Web3 technologies to enable users to connect, create, and share content while ensuring rights holders are fairly compensated for their intellectual property. www.digitalage.com

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SOURCE: Hop-on, Inc.