TMN 2025

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Dec 23

Written By Pablo Herrera

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TMN UNIVERSE

Year in Review. A note from the founder

TMN® Creators covering Primavera Sound, Barcelona. Photo by Gisela Serra Chico.

2025 was the year when the hard work we started years ago began to crystallize.
It was the year when TMN® became a registered trademark, and that was not a coincidence.

By Pablo Herrera

This article was originally shared with the TMN® community via our newsletter.

It was the year when we started telling ourselves, with confidence, that what we are building truly matters.

2025 brought clarity.
Clarity in the work, in the effort, and in the direction.
The future sent a clear signal: keep going, you are on the right track.

Let’s take a step back and look at what actually happened in 2025:

We launched our website and officially activated our business model
12 major music festivals covered in the U.S. and Spain
8 film festivals covered across both countries
More than 50 concert coverages
Over 40 film and music album reviews
More than 20 artist interviews

All of this meant an incredible amount of learning experiences, work, and content made by TMN® youth alongside mentors. The result of that effort paid off with over 10M impressions in 2025 across platforms.

All of that content was created by youth with mentors, through hours and hours of dedication, education, reshaping, rewriting, making mistakes, adjusting, and publishing, with the involvement of over 20 young people and consistent 1:1 focus and guidance.

What we learned in 2025

In this year, we found the answers to our foundational principles:

Valuable education can happen outside school
A media outlet doesn’t need to be rigid, vertical, or adult-driven to succeed
Young people learn by doing real work
Creative education can be entertaining
Creators grow faster and become more engaged when trained inside a real media outlet

You can read more about this in the article TMN® Model.

Why TMN® Exists, and Why So Few Understood It at the Beginning.

Looking ahead to 2026

Now it’s time to pause and ask an important question: what does 2026 look like?

The answer is simple: it will be a strong year.

There will still be challenges. But 2026 is the year we stop asking for permission.
The year we stop explaining ourselves.
The year confidence drives our mission.

After two years of intense work, 2026 will be the year our uniqueness is fully understood and celebrated. It will also be the year TMN® moves toward full sustainability, because the model has finally proven itself.

Thank you for being part of this.

None of this would be possible without the audience that trusted our instincts from day one and sensed that something different was happening here. TMN® doesn’t chase likes. It builds a community that believes creativity, effort, and education still matter.

If you’re with us, take this universe with you.
Become a TMN® member and be part of a community built on curiosity, respect, trust, and care.

Thank you for walking with us.
2026 is just getting started.

Pablo Herrera. TMN® Founder.