community management Substack buys in community management expertise The VC-backed newsletter firm has acquired community management consultants People & Company Adam Tinworth May 14, 2021 4 min read
newsletters Six things I've learnt from newsletters in the last week It's not all posturing and culture war opinion-making, you know. Adam Tinworth May 10, 2021 3 min read
Members only newsletters Why newsletters won't kill newspapers And why unbundling the opinion columnists might be a good thing for news in general. Adam Tinworth Apr 29, 2021 4 min read
creator economy How newsletters will inevitably change media and the power of journalists Worrying about Substack is just a proxy for worrying about the business impact of losing star journalists to their own newsletters. Adam Tinworth Apr 12, 2021 4 min read
Members only Morning Conference emails Morning Conference: what the Unsplash sale and the Substack investment mean for you Some swift analysis on the two big publishing deals of yesterday. Adam Tinworth Mar 31, 2021 3 min read
diversity How do we make independent publishing more diverse? Too many of the big names of independent newsletters are white, male and from predictable backgrounds. What's stopping more diverse voices succeeding? Adam Tinworth Mar 18, 2021 7 min read
substack Why Substack's evolution is beginning to worry me Is the newsletter platform a boon for independent journalism — or the beginnings of another attention gatekeeper that we'll all regret supporting? Adam Tinworth Dec 10, 2020 4 min read
Paid members only newsletters The two reasons why most newsletters will fail 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. Adam Tinworth Nov 13, 2020 4 min read
independent publishing 17 years as a media artisan Isabella Roughol has come up with the perfect name for what I’ve been doing for nearly two decades. Adam Tinworth Nov 12, 2020 2 min read
facebook Social & Digital coffee break: escaping the Facebook shadow 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. Adam Tinworth Oct 29, 2020 7 min read
newsletters Understanding Editorial Newsletters: a brief guide 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. Adam Tinworth Oct 13, 2020 6 min read
Paid members only newsletters Casey Newton's shift to Substack shows how newsletters are changing On the day he breaks another major Facebook story, Verge tech editor Casey Newton jumps ship for the Substack way Adam Tinworth Sep 23, 2020 4 min read
Paid members only substack Cancel Culture afterlife: Glinner and Substack 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. Adam Tinworth Sep 9, 2020 5 min read
newsletters The future of newsletters lies in exploring their versatility 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. Adam Tinworth Aug 28, 2020 5 min read
Members only Twitter Five Morning Links #3: investigative podcasts, Twitter metrics and newsletter strategy secrets More useful reads to make your morning coffee feel really useful — as well as tasty. Adam Tinworth Aug 11, 2020 3 min read
newsletters What the new newsletters can learn from the early days of blogging Today's newsletters look more and more like the early days of blogging - but with one missing ingredient. Adam Tinworth Jul 27, 2020 4 min read
newsletters Newsletters: Rise of the Blogletter Why today's newsletter actually take a lot from blogging and why The Economist is on Instagram: answered. Adam Tinworth Jul 13, 2020 6 min read
Members only social media How do we solve our online civility problem? 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… Adam Tinworth Jul 8, 2020 6 min read
Instagram Social & Digital lunchbreak: avoiding news, spreading correction - and keeping the 'gram fresh Three stories and two newsletters worth a little of your precious attention today. Adam Tinworth Jun 2, 2020 3 min read
lockdown Lockdown journalism digest: virtual worlds, newsletters and the influencer evolution Some more reading to help you navigate the emerging information ecosystem of our pandemic age. Adam Tinworth May 13, 2020 3 min read