newsletters

A writer buried in notes on all sides

Some notes on Substack Notes Members Public

Who is the new Substack feature serving? Plus the final nail in the coffin of the keyword from Google.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Social Media
A drawing of Substack’s gravestone.

Does it matter if Substack is in financial trouble? Members Public

Substack has managed to make itself all but synonymous with "newsletters". If the platform is struggling financially, could that have an impact on the whole newsletter ecosystem?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
newsletters

What is a newsletter? Members Public

Rethinking how we conceptualise newsletters, why you should ignore the podcast doom-mongers and more in today’s updates.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
newsletters

Friday Five: misreporting Mastodon, dangerous deepfakes and tanking Twitter Members Public

Is Mastodon really tanking? Who’s making a mint from newsletters? And who are these eerie newsreaders spouting propaganda? Your weekend reading, sorted.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
newsletters

Let the AIs write the quizzes. We’ll do the newsletters… Members Public

Buzzfeed's quizzes just read like they're generated by AIs at the moment. But in the future — they will be. At least we can still write newsletters.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
AI

The readers write: on newsletter fights, due credit and AI in the newsroom Members Public

Question and feedback from readers on newsletters, AI, local journalism and TikTok.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
newsletters
An illustration of to web publishers meditating in a zen fashion.

Four things publishers should give up in 2023 Members Public

Digital publishing moves so fast it can be hard to keep track of what works, and what doesn’t. Here are the things you need to be letting go of right now.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Publishing

Why newsletters are just getting started Members Public

As if Monday couldn’t get any worse, here’s a video interview with me about newsletters…

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
newsletters