# Novara Media

> Novara Media is a news source in the TOLD catalogue, based in United Kingdom. TOLD classifies its editorial position as **Far left**.

- **Domain:** novaramedia.com
- **Website:** https://novaramedia.com
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Region:** Europe
- **Language:** English
- **Editorial position on TOLD:** Far left
- **Founded:** 2011

## About

The UK left's most influential digital brand is built on YouTube, the platform most likely to demonetise or briefly delete it, and the contradiction sits inside the editorial identity. Novara Media runs interview shows, panel debates and explainer pieces with the cadence of a rolling newsroom and the politics of a movement magazine. Its audience comes for named presenters, which makes platform risk personal, not structural.

## Profile

- **Ownership:** Thousand Hands Ltd, a not-for-profit company with no shareholders; co-founded by Aaron Bastani and James Butler
- **Funding:** Member subscriptions, merchandise, YouTube ad revenue, occasional grants; partner of The Media Fund cooperative; has received funding from the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
- **Focus areas:** UK Labour-left politics, socialism and anti-capitalism, tech and automation, climate, housing, Palestine and foreign policy


## What the position means

TOLD classifies what an outlet publishes over time, based on ownership, funding
and focus. It describes a pattern; it is not a rating of quality and not a
ranking. Nothing in TOLD sorts, hides or promotes a source by its position.
State-aligned and partisan outlets are in the catalogue on purpose, labelled.

## Latest headlines

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- [Armed Israeli Settlers Kidnap British Activist](https://novaramedia.com/2026/08/31/armed-israeli-settlers-kidnap-british-activist/) — 2026-08-31T11:42:39.000Z
- [Multiculturalism Will Save the Working Class](https://novaramedia.com/2026/08/30/multiculturalism-will-save-the-working-class/) — 2026-08-30T14:00:01.000Z
- [The Tech Backlash Is Here](https://novaramedia.com/2026/08/28/the-tech-backlash-is-here/) — 2026-08-28T18:51:44.000Z
- [Meta: $18bn Poorer, Teenagers None the Wiser](https://novaramedia.com/2026/08/28/meta-18bn-poorer-teenagers-none-the-wiser/) — 2026-08-28T13:11:24.000Z
- [US Declares Palestine Action a Global Terror Group](https://novaramedia.com/2026/08/27/us-declares-palestine-action-a-global-terror-group/) — 2026-08-27T19:15:41.000Z
- [PM Considers Blocking Imports From Illegal Israeli Settlements](https://novaramedia.com/2026/08/27/pm-considers-blocking-imports-from-illegal-israeli-settlements/) — 2026-08-27T15:50:29.000Z
- [Meta Agrees $17bn Settlement Over Teen Social Media Addiction](https://novaramedia.com/2026/08/27/meta-agrees-17bn-settlement-over-teen-social-media-addiction/) — 2026-08-27T14:27:07.000Z

## Assessment note

Latest assessment: 2026-04-14. Generated with TOLD Source Prompt Brief v1.2.7. TOLD summarizes framing patterns and third-party classifications; it does not assess factual accuracy, intent, or legitimacy. External classifications: 8 (4 themes).

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