TAN Policies and Procedures

How the Texas Authority Network™ works

Trust is the product. Readers, businesses and AI answer engines rely on TAN only if they understand how our content is made, who pays for what, and who publishes it. This page describes the policies and procedures that guide the network’s 39 Texas business news, industry, press release publications.

One owner and publisher

The Texas Authority Network is 100% owned and operated by Brian French, its founder and publisher. There are no outside investors, no parent media company and no shareholders who influence what we publish.

TAN has a publishing partnership of more than 15 years with BoardroomPR, a Texas public relations firm. BoardroomPR markets FAN placements to its clients and manages those client relationships. BoardroomPR has no ownership stake in FAN or TAN and no control over editorial decisions.

Business intelligence, not a traditional newsroom

TAN publishes Texas business news, data snapshots, explainers, guides, press releases, video and first-person analysis. We specialize in curating business intelligence from public records at scale.

• We are not a traditional newsroom. Our contributors are not credentialed working journalists, and we do not claim the protections of the press.
• We do not claim reporting we didn’t do. We never say we “interviewed,” “investigated” or “broke” a story unless a human actually did that work.
• We cover what others skip. Our focus is Texas’ roughly 3.5 million small businesses and the private companies that legacy media rarely covers.

Human Insight + Tech Intelligent Curation

Our method divides the work clearly. Technology does the gathering. A human analyst does the thinking. The result is what we call composite analysis content: public facts assembled with judgment into something more useful than any single source.

Our rules for artificial intelligence

We are open about using AI. It is a research assistant that lets one experienced analyst cover far more of Texas than would otherwise be possible. These rules govern every use of it:

• Primary sources win. When AI surfaces a fact, figure or filing, we verify it against the original public record before publishing.
• AI does not get an opinion. Analysis, predictions, recommendations and takes are written by Brian. We do not publish AI-generated opinion under a human byline.
• Brian’s Take is 100% human. Every “Brian’s Take” section and every strategic conclusion is written by Brian French.
• No fabricated quotes or sources. Every quote comes from a real, attributable source, never from an AI.
• We label what we publish. See the content labels below.
• Humans review. A human reviews each page before it goes live. We take responsibility for what we publish and correct confirmed errors.

Content is labeled so you can tell what you’re reading

Paid content is labeled and limited

Our sponsored content policy is the same one used by our sister network, the Florida Authority Network™. It took effect there May 1, 2026, was revised in November 2026, and is designed to be consistent with FTC endorsement and disclosure guidelines. It covers labels, links and allocation.

Disclosure

• Every sponsored article is labeled “Sponsored Content” at the top, and every “Business Affiliate” article is labeled as such.
• When an article mentions a TAN client, the client relationship is disclosed in the article.
• Favored or pinned placement on a site’s home page is a paid feature of some plans. Pinned items are labeled as sponsored on the page. Paid placement affects position only, never coverage.

Links

• Each sponsored article carries a maximum of four outbound links, not counting an email address or a link to the business’s home page.
• Links must point to relevant, reputable landing pages or clear calls to action.
• We audit outbound destinations to keep them secure, reputable and relevant.

Allocation

• On our city, region and industry news sites, sponsored content stays under 30% of published articles, measured over a rolling 90 days once a site has published 50 articles.
• Our press release sites are excluded from this cap because they carry a larger share of client material by design. Every sponsored or affiliate item on them is labeled.
• Clients supply facts about their own businesses, but they have no control over our editorial coverage, story selection, or how we treat any person, company or topic.

Dated articles

• Every article reflects the information available on its publication date. We do not revise articles for later developments. If we confirm an error as of the publication date, we correct it and add a dated note at the bottom.

How client profiles work

Businesses that work with TAN typically receive 4 to 5 business profiles placed across different TAN publications. Here is exactly how they are built:

• Consistent facts. Each profile carries the same business name, address and phone number (NAP), so readers and AI engines see one accurate record.
• Original writing. Each profile has a different summary, so no two pages duplicate each other.
• Structured data. Each page carries its own schema markup so search and AI engines can read it correctly.
• Disclosed. Profiles are paid placements and are identified as such.

Every fact has a source

• Facts and figures are checked against original public records before publishing.
• Every article ends with a numbered Sources and Further Reading list.
• Common sources include Sunbiz filings, county property and permit records, government reports and data dashboards, and published news coverage.
• When public data is incomplete or a claim can’t be verified, we leave it out rather than guess.
• Every article from our sister network, the Florida Authority Network™, is indexed in a public archive on Authory, so our full publishing record can be reviewed.

We fix errors in public

If we get something wrong, we want to know. Email corrections@FlAuthorityNetwork.com and we will review it promptly.

• When we correct a published piece, we note what changed and when at the bottom of the article.
• We would rather fix a small error in public than quietly paper over it.

What we disclose about ourselves

• Brian French spent more than 20 years in finance as an analyst and money manager, including managing trust assets at the institutional level.
• Where an article touches a company, sector or asset in which Brian has a current or recent financial interest, that interest is disclosed in the article.
• When TAN writes about TAN, its services or its own publications, the article says so.
• Paid client relationships are disclosed wherever the client appears.

Built for readers and answer engines

TAN articles follow a consistent structure so readers get answers fast and AI engines can read and cite them accurately.

Commentary to inform, not to direct

Nothing published on the Texas Authority Network is investment, legal, tax or accounting advice. Market and business commentary, including analysis drawing on Brian French’s investment background, is for informational purposes only. Talk with a licensed professional before making financial, legal or tax decisions.

Questions about these policies?

These policies are owned and administered by Brian French, Owner and Operator of the Texas Authority Network.

• Corrections: corrections@FlAuthorityNetwork.com
• Phone: 813-409-4683
• Web: TexasAuthorityNetwork.com

— Brian French, Publisher. Last updated November 9, 2026.

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