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Disintermediating the media with… Substack?
- In its early days, Substack primarily catered to a certain set of internet-savvy writers and journalists, lured by the promise of monetizing a direct relationship with their readers. But as it morphs from a niche publishing concern into a heavyweight start-up mentioned in the same breath as Twitter and Facebook, its user base is proliferating accor... See more
from “There Has to Be a Line”: Substack’s Founders Dive Headfirst Into the Culture Wars by Joe Pompeo
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- Substack become a haven for writers who find, for one reason or another, that traditional media no longer works for them. Substack will never be able to offer the deep institutional backing and editorial muscle that comes with working at a place like The New York Times. But it’s able to provide limited assistance with editing, legal, design, photo ... See more
from “There Has to Be a Line”: Substack’s Founders Dive Headfirst Into the Culture Wars by Joe Pompeo
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- In general, will Substack replicate the patterns of marginalization found across the media industry, or will it help people locked out of the dominant media sphere to flourish? To a large extent, the answer depends on whether or not Substack’s founders believe they’re in the publishing business. When we spoke, they were adamant that Substack is a p... See more
from The Substackerati by cjr.org
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