newsletters

Substack faces an unprecedented storm of criticism

Substack really has a Nazi problem now Members Public

In the couple of months since an Atlantic piece suggested Substack has a Nazi problem, the normally PR-savvy newsletter company has dropped the ball repeatedly. And both publishers and subscribers are quitting.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
substack

The meta-newsletter newsletter Members Public

Newsletters are over, apparently. But we know better than that, don't we?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
newsletters

Saving local news, one newsletter at a time Members Public

Local newsletters for local people, as The League of Gentlemen never said. Plus, AMP is dead, and Threads is rapidly developing…

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
newsletters
An annoyed email.

Why I don't read the Press Gazette newsletter now Members Public

The problem with playing the platform game, even if it's a newsletter platform. And another reason to mistrust AI…

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
substack
A mastodon blogging using WordPress.

Cuttings #6: Blogging Elephants and Banned Influencers Members Public

Plus what could be Elon's strategy for X, and a useful newsletter tool…

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
X (Twitter)
Two security guards watching an Apple user on her iPhone.

Apple hits email analytics again in iOS17 Members Public

Apple's stripping another analytics tool from our toolbox with new privacy features in iOS17

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
analytics

When hosted newsletter platforms go bad Members Public

A bad product update can seriously ruin a newsletter writer’s day.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
newsletters
A number of supertankers on the sea, surrounded by smaller boast. A media ecosystem metaphor.

This is how the future media ecosystem will look Members Public

The death of Buzzfeed News and the bankrupty of Vice make it clear how the new media ecosystem is developing: it's surprisingly… nautical?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Publishing