substack
Posts about the newsletter platform that’s slowly pivoting towards a member-publishing aggregator.
The Bluesky explosion and the Substack trap Paid Members Public
The Twitter offshoot is edging towards becoming an X replacement — and two old school web thinkers critique Substack
The Mill, The Bell, the Ghost and the future of local news Paid Members Public
Mill Media's latest site eschews Substack for Ghost. That's great: the web/newsletter/subscriptions space needs competition, and a choice of platforms for publishers.
Google is on the naughty step Paid Members Public
Its search engine is a monopoly — and Google is guilty of abusing that.
News Roundup: De-politicising Threads and profitable Indies Paid Members Public
Another round-up of audience news, derived from my sessions with my Audience Strategy students at City, University of London.
Substack really has a Nazi problem now Paid Members Public
In the couple of months since an Atlantic piece suggested Substack has a Nazi problem, the normally PR-savvy newsletter company has dropped the ball repeatedly. And both publishers and subscribers are quitting.
Why I don't read the Press Gazette newsletter now Paid Members Public
The problem with playing the platform game, even if it's a newsletter platform. And another reason to mistrust AI…
LinkedIn wants to connect with you, news Paid Members Public
Plus Meta stitches Threads into Facebook, and Substack works around Musk’s headlines ban.
Some notes on Substack Notes Paid Members Public
Who is the new Substack feature serving? Plus the final nail in the coffin of the keyword from Google.
