substack

Posts about the newsletter platform that’s slowly pivoting towards a member-publishing aggregator.

A drawing of Substack’s gravestone.

Does it matter if Substack is in financial trouble? Members Public

Substack has managed to make itself all but synonymous with "newsletters". If the platform is struggling financially, could that have an impact on the whole newsletter ecosystem?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
newsletters
Email newsletters exploding from a server that looks like a mailbox.

Moving from Revue to other platforms for editorial publishers Members Public

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.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
newsletters

The quiet renaissance of RSS Feeds Members Public

After a quiet decade, we’re finally seeing some innovation in the RSS space, and the old school blogger in me is delighted.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
feed readers

Substack’s hard yards: building a business when the cash dries up Members Public

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.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
substack
The new Substack app on an iPhone.

Substack’s app: building the VC moat Members Public

Substack has launched a reader app for iOS, turning itself from a newsletter company into a platform one. Publishers — beware.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
substack

News Review: Instacash, more cash less dash for Tortoise, and Substack gets into video Members Public

Six stories from around the web that will inform your audience strategy.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
news review

Cummings and goings Members Public

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.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Politics

Substack targets the UK, and hires away Elle editor-in-chief Members Public

The VC-funded newsletter platform looks to secure writers and increase growth in the UK — its second biggest market.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
newsletters