Based in Brooklyn, PVD Industrial has more than 15 years experience creating dynamic, feature-rich, and fully custom websites for publishers and marketing teams.
We are a worker-owned digital interactive media studio, dedicated to building the next generation of web applications and community tools for independent publishers to own, distribute, and fund their work.
Grow your audience into a community of engaged supporters with our suite of integrated membership, subscription, discussion, and analytics tools.
Showcase your portfolio of work with a fully customized website that seamlessly integrates with eCommerce, members-only content & community features.
Build impactful campaigns that clearly outline your mission, drive donations, and support community engagement using our discussion & event planning tools.
Connect your network with a members-focused website that features tools for online learning, extended discussion, and fundraising campaigns.
Organize and establish your platform with content & events templates that are easy to manage, featuring built-in eCommerce, fundraising, and membership features.
Break free from social media algorithms and monthly fees with a self-hosted web store. We can help with product designs, or ideas for ethically sourced merchandise and apparel.
Ditch the pre-built themes and limitations on WordPress.com, and leverage the power of a purpose built custom theme and self-hosted WordPress.
Join the next generation of independent publishers and get distribution, membership, and analytics with a beautiful custom theme on Ghost.
Avoid the transaction & subscription fees other eCommerce platforms charge, and create a seamless shopping experience with your WordPress site.
Don’t have time to manage your website’s content? Do you have a complex PR campaign coming up? We can help make content management easy.
Are you looking to get your existing project off Substack, WordPress.com, or another social media platform? We can make your move seamless.
We’ve been working in digital publishing since 2012, building web applications for major publishers like Digital First Media, Newsmax, and Condé Nast. Over the years, we’ve seen many writers and newsrooms hit hard by layoffs or closures.
At Providence Industrial, we believe in the value of quality journalism, and that digital publishers should be able to thrive, free from the influence of advertisers, executives, or investors.
If you’re a writer, editor, or creator looking to establish yourself as an independent publisher– whether that’s with a subscriber newsletter, worker-owned newsroom, or a platform for members-only content– get in touch! We’d love to support your project and put more than a decade of publishing experience to work for you.
The future of digital media is independent, worker-owned, and self-published. Read more stories here here:
Flaming Hydra, 404 Media, Aftermath, and Hell Gate are worker-owned cooperatives, and so is Defector, which celebrated its third birthday last fall. Other journalist-run publications are nonprofits, like Documented, the Colorado Sun, and Block Club Chicago... What they have in common is that the primary goal is doing real journalism.
The co-op structure is really exciting to me, to see all of these starting, because I think it meaningfully changes that equation.
While many digital media companies are struggling to survive the pressures of investors and private equity, others are trying to circumnavigate them. These publications are rejecting the corporate journalism business model altogether. They’re owned, run, and managed by journalists, and mainly funded by their readers.
While not every media collective may be destined to thrive using Defector’s subscription-based model, it’s become an increasingly attractive option for fed-up writers and editors... editorial freedom doesn’t just mean writers writing whatever they want; it also means writers writing whatever powerful people don’t want them to write.
Do you have a project in mind, want to learn more about what we do, or just want to chat about independent publishing? We’re here to connect. Get in touch with your name, email, and any questions you have. We’ll get back to you soon.
