LinkedIn
LinkedIn wants to connect with you, news
Plus Meta stitches Threads into Facebook, and Substack works around Musk’s headlines ban.
substack
(34)Posts about the newsletter platform that’s slowly pivoting towards a member-publishing aggregator.
Social Media
Some notes on Substack Notes
Who is the new Substack feature serving? Plus the final nail in the coffin of the keyword from Google.
newsletters
Does it matter if Substack is in financial trouble?
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?
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.
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.