Substack has launched a reader app for iOS, turning itself from a newsletter company into a platform one. Publishers — beware.

The VC-funded newsletter platform looks to secure writers and increase growth in the UK — its second biggest market.

Why do people keep trying to declare that blogging is dead?

Some thoughts on B2B newsletters, the endless pivot to video, and Substack's growing moat.

Oh, god, look. It's another post about newsletters. Run. Run while you still can.

Illustrated by explaining just how crap my own newsletter is.

Apple is taking aim at one of the key newsletter metrics with software updates coming this autumn.

Newsletters are a great way of reaching readers — but they're granting your access to their in-boxes. Don't abuse that.

The VC-backed newsletter firm has acquired community management consultants People & Company

It's not all posturing and culture war opinion-making, you know.

And why unbundling the opinion columnists might be a good thing for news in general.

Worrying about Substack is just a proxy for worrying about the business impact of losing star journalists to their own newsletters.

Some swift analysis on the two big publishing deals of yesterday.

Too many of the big names of independent newsletters are white, male and from predictable backgrounds. What's stopping more diverse voices succeeding?

Is the newsletter platform a boon for independent journalism — or the beginnings of another attention gatekeeper that we'll all regret supporting?

Like any good gold rush, people aren't paying enough attention to the details of what makes newsletters work. And that will lead to many flaming out. Here's why.

Isabella Roughol has come up with the perfect name for what I’ve been doing for nearly two decades.

It’s not really a surprise that Facebook can’t be trusted — but are we really taking the steps we need to end our additions to it? This, and many other useful topics in today’s digest.