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.
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(34)Posts about the newsletter platform that’s slowly pivoting towards a member-publishing aggregator.
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.
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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.
Morning Conference emails
Morning Conference: blogrolls, audience engagement and the discovery problem
Why Substack and Medium are looking back on 2001's tech to solve the biggest challenge in media
Morning Conference emails
Morning Conference: what the Unsplash sale and the Substack investment mean for you
Some swift analysis on the two big publishing deals of yesterday.
Morning Conference emails
Morning Conference: asking the right questions
How to ask better questions as a journalist, some changes to Substack — and the changes Twitter needs to make.