substack
Posts about the newsletter platform that’s slowly pivoting towards a member-publishing aggregator.
Why newsletters won't kill newspapers Paid Members Public
And why unbundling the opinion columnists might be a good thing for news in general.
Six thoughts about the Substack Local initiative Paid Members Public
Newsletter platform Substack is chucking $1m of its VC cash at local news journalism. Is this helpful — or just marketing?
How newsletters will inevitably change media and the power of journalists Paid Members Public
Worrying about Substack is just a proxy for worrying about the business impact of losing star journalists to their own newsletters.
Morning Conference: blogrolls, audience engagement and the discovery problem Paid Members Public
Why Substack and Medium are looking back on 2001's tech to solve the biggest challenge in media
Morning Conference: what the Unsplash sale and the Substack investment mean for you Paid Members Public
Some swift analysis on the two big publishing deals of yesterday.
Morning Conference: asking the right questions Paid Members Public
How to ask better questions as a journalist, some changes to Substack — and the changes Twitter needs to make.
Why Substack's evolution is beginning to worry me Paid Members Public
Is the newsletter platform a boon for independent journalism — or the beginnings of another attention gatekeeper that we'll all regret supporting?
Essential evergreen content, the Substack revenue question and the future of student media: this week’s key links Paid Members Public
A digital basic people still struggle with, some thoughts on the newsletter opportunity — and an influencer's façade crumbles…
