lightbreak
The AI newsletter builder for local media. It turns what happened in a town this week into one edited issue.
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Media. Software. Services.
We build the software local media runs on. Then we run our own publications on it.
8th Replay is an operating company. We build software for local media operators across the country, and we run a network of 20+ local publications with 175K+ subscribers.
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runs the site
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Software products, built in house
20+
Local publications in our network
175K+
Subscribers across the network
AI-first
People decide, AI agents do the work
The companies · Software
Software we build.
Three products. Each one began as a fix for a problem our own publications hit every day, and each is sold on its own to local media operators across the country.
greetform
The questions a publisher asks right after someone subscribes, with matched offers and audience data.
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powered by greetform
What just happened
Try it. Tap an answer.
This is a working copy of a real greetform, the page a reader sees right after they subscribe to one of our newsletters.
larkfeed
The AI-native platform for local media. News, a business directory, events and jobs on one site.
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One system · Agent-native
Built for agents. Built to work as one.
Legacy software was built for people clicking through screens. Ours was built so an AI agent can run it for you. And because we built all three, they feed each other.
- MCP server · API · Signed webhooks
- MCP server · API · Signed webhooks
- MCP server · API
AI agentsMCP · API
lightbreak
greetform
larkfeed- larkfeed to lightbreakEvents and jobs posted on larkfeed pull straight into lightbreak issues.
- larkfeed to lightbreakArticles published on larkfeed are pushed to lightbreak, ready for the next issue.
- greetform to larkfeedEvent and job submissions on larkfeed are greetforms. So are owner interviews and newsletter signups.
- greetform to lightbreakgreetform runs lightbreak's forms and sends the answers back to it.
- larkfeed to lightbreak, through greetformAds sold on larkfeed run in lightbreak issues, bought through a greetform.
- The agent layerEvery product has an MCP server and an API, so one AI agent can run all three for you.
The companies · Media
Media we run.
A network of 20+ local publications with 175K+ subscribers. It is where the audience, the relationships and the daily problems come from, and every publication runs on our own software.
One network, built one community at a time.
- 20+
- Local publications
- 175K+
- Subscribers
Newsletters and local sites, each written for the people who live there. Together they are the daily test for everything we build.
The companies · Services
Services we sell.
Some of what we have learned is better taught than packaged. Our services businesses sell that expertise directly.
Your town, this morning
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Paid for itself
Example math, from localmediahq.com.
Consulting, a podcast and a newsletter for people who run local media.
localmediahq.com
This week in AI · for a home services owner0 new things. 0 worth your time.
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Example week, from texasailab.com.
Practical AI consulting and team training for Texas businesses.
texasailab.comHow it compounds
Each company feeds the next.
Media gives us an audience, local relationships and a front-row seat to the same problems, day after day. Software turns those problems into products. Services sell the expertise where it fits. Each company stands on its own.
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01 · Media
We run a network of local publications.
- 20+ local publications
- 175K+ subscribers
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02 · Problems
Running them, we hit the same walls.
- Newsletters that ate whole days
- Subscribers we knew nothing about
- A website that did not earn
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03 · Software
So we built the fix for each one.
lightbreak
greetform
larkfeed
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04 · Our own publications
We run on it first.
Every product is used daily on our own publications before anyone else pays for it.
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05 · Other operators
Then we sell it.
The same software is sold to local media operators across the country.
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06 · Services
And we sell what we learned.
How we operate
People decide. AI agents do the work.
8th Replay is AI-first. People set direction and judge quality. A team of AI agents does the digital execution: writing, editing, building and monitoring. The human team is small by design.
PeopleAI agentsOne piece of work, start to finish
- Set the directionWhat to cover, what to build, what good looks like.
- ResearchGather the sources.
- WriteProduce the first draft.
- EditTighten and correct it.
- Judge the qualityIs it good enough to carry our name?
- ReviseApply the notes.
- BuildMake the page, the issue or the feature.
- CheckTest it before it goes out.
- Make the callShip it, or send it back.
- ShipPut it live.
- MonitorWatch it after it ships.
- What people do
- Set direction, judge quality and make the final call.
- What AI agents do
- Writing, editing, building and monitoring, across every company.
- What it adds up to
- A small team running three software products, a network of 20+ publications and a services arm.
Founder and CEO
TJ Larkin
TJ Larkin is the founder and CEO of 8th Replay. He builds software for local media and runs a network of 20+ local publications on it.
The publications came first. The software came from running them: lightbreak, greetform and larkfeed each began as a fix for a problem his own publications hit every day. 8th Replay is headquartered in Williamson County, Texas, in the greater Austin area.
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