In this newsletter age, especially with Substack, it is hard for some people—to convince them that it would be a better idea to start a co-op with other people rather than just go alone. Because if you do Substack and you get a decent number of subscribers, you can make a lot of money.

So I do think that is somewhat of an impediment to this kind of... See more

I think at least what this model does is it gives journalists that confidence in their own worth both intellectually with their ability and monetarily. [It makes you think], ‘Oh, I actually could be worth quite, quite a bit. My ideas are good.’ I think that we need that. I think we’ve been undervalued by both our employers and by politicians and by... See more

An interesting theory: We’re entering an age where top-tier journalists are finally going to get paid what they’re worth by branching off and doing their own thing (like Bill Bishop)