In November 2023, MSNBC canceled The Mehdi Hasan Show. No explanation. Just gone. He was one of only three Muslim anchors on all of US cable news — and his show was pulled while a war was ongoing.

He refused the demotion they offered. He walked away from the network entirely.

Then he raised $4 million from fans, family, and believers in honest journalism — and built Zeteo from scratch.

Within four months of launching, Zeteo had 31,000 paid subscribers and $3 million in annual revenue. Substack called it one of the fastest growing launches in their history. Today Zeteo has 1.8 million YouTube subscribers, 50,000 paid members, and subscribers in 195 countries.

This is the story of a Muslim founder who turned a setback into a movement.