newsletters
Apple closes down open rate tracking
Apple is taking aim at one of the key newsletter metrics with software updates coming this autumn.
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An engaged newsletter audience is better than a big one
Newsletters are a great way of reaching readers — but they're granting your access to their in-boxes. Don't abuse that.
community management
Substack buys in community management expertise
The VC-backed newsletter firm has acquired community management consultants People & Company
newsletters
Six things I've learnt from newsletters in the last week
It's not all posturing and culture war opinion-making, you know.
newsletters
Why newsletters won't kill newspapers
And why unbundling the opinion columnists might be a good thing for news in general.
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.
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.
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?
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?