Skip To Main Content
Michael Thrasher on Muck Rack

Michael Thrasher

New York
As seen in: Modus Newsletter, MSN Ireland, MSN UK, Forbes, Wiley Online Library, Sky News, Yahoo Finance, The Christian Science Monitor, VentureBeat, NewsBreak, Institutional Investor and
Founder & Editor @ModusNewsletter, weekly independent journalism for family-office professionals. Prev @iimag. Send tips & quips: michael.thrasher@modus.news

Get in touch with Michael

Contact Michael, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Articles

New Modus Loading...

|
By Michael Thrasher
| Modus Newsletter
Hello readers, A few weeks have passed since the previous Modus newsletter. We had a tragic death in my family and I haven't been working much. Thank you to everyone for the many kind messages and support. I'm excited to share that Modus will be even better going forward. Next week, if all goes according to plan, Modus is launching a new website, and you'll notice refinements to the brand everywhere you see it.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

first magazine for councillors

|
By Professors Colin Rallings, Michael Thrasher
| Local Government First
Nine vacancies arose because of the requirement that councillors elected to the expanded Welsh Senedd should vacate their seat. A further five contests were in seats won by the Green Party last May, after winning candidates fell foul of the rules governing eligibility. Reform UK continues to have appeal among local voters, with six gains, three each from Labour and Independents.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Does AI Need a Dedicated Line Item at the Family Office?

|
By Michael Thrasher
| Modus Newsletter
In 2025, wealth management firms continued to experiment with and leverage artificial intelligence, and the total costs associated with it were not readily clear. Among dozens of top firms representing trillions of dollars of wealth surveyed by F2 Strategy, a consultant to wealth and asset managers and family offices, only 14% had a dedicated line item for AI in their technology budgets. That suddenly changed this year.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?
See all 1,888 licensed articles (2,019 Total)

Interview

See all →

What was your first job as a journalist?

Writing and editing a weekly in NE Ohio.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes! They are very cool, just not as practical a laptop.

What's your favorite social network?

Twitter, followed closely by Instagram.