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.

The hype around the "star journalist" newsletter is in danger of obscuring a deeper and more important truth about the role of newsletters in journalism.

On the day he breaks another major Facebook story, Verge tech editor Casey Newton jumps ship for the Substack way

Where do you go, if you've been banned from Twitter? Off to the newsletter platform, to start building an audience - and a revenue stream - there.

Newsletters are climbing up the hype curve, just as podcasts did a couple of years ago. Making the most of them requires exploring different formats. Some publishers have started that process.

More useful reads to make your morning coffee feel really useful — as well as tasty.

Today's newsletters look more and more like the early days of blogging - but with one missing ingredient.

Why today's newsletter actually take a lot from blogging and why The Economist is on Instagram: answered.

Some more thoughts on deescalating the culture war, as well as ways of looking better in your Zoom calls and an interesting new business opportunity…

Three stories and two newsletters worth a little of your precious attention today.

Some more reading to help you navigate the emerging information ecosystem of our pandemic age.