newsletters
Moving from Revue to other platforms for editorial publishers
Revue will be dead by the middle of January. You only have a few days left to migrate your newsletter. Here's three great choices for you.
substack
Posts about the newsletter platform that’s slowly pivoting towards a member-publishing aggregator.
feed readers
The quiet renaissance of RSS Feeds
After a quiet decade, we’re finally seeing some innovation in the RSS space, and the old school blogger in me is delighted.
substack
Substack’s hard yards: building a business when the cash dries up
As VC cash grows scarce, staff are laid off and big names start exiting the platform, Substack can ill afford PR blunders like cutting off an editor from work, because one of his clients left the platform.
substack
Substack’s app: building the VC moat
Substack has launched a reader app for iOS, turning itself from a newsletter company into a platform one. Publishers — beware.
news review
News Review: Instacash, more cash less dash for Tortoise, and Substack gets into video
Six stories from around the web that will inform your audience strategy.
Politics
Cummings and goings
Two years ago, Dominic Cummings' blog went silent — at the request of the Prime Minister. Now, he's giving us insights into the workings of government again via Substack — but with an agenda.
newsletters
Substack targets the UK, and hires away Elle editor-in-chief
The VC-funded newsletter platform looks to secure writers and increase growth in the UK — its second biggest market.
Video
I miss deadlines. Would you?
Some thoughts on B2B newsletters, the endless pivot to video, and Substack's growing moat.
community management
Substack buys in community management expertise
The VC-backed newsletter firm has acquired community management consultants People & Company
newsletters
Why newsletters won't kill newspapers
And why unbundling the opinion columnists might be a good thing for news in general.
substack
Six thoughts about the Substack Local initiative
Newsletter platform Substack is chucking $1m of its VC cash at local news journalism. Is this helpful — or just marketing?
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.