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Member Brief: Substack and Local News
- 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 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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How Substack Has Spawned a New Class of Newsletter Entrepreneurs
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- Substack isn’t the only player that has sought to figure out small-scale publishing in the platform dominance era. Medium, for instance, has been home to a rotating roster of small publications, but has pivoted often and failed to emerge as the media force many once hoped it would be. Best said Substack’s main focus is the connection between an ind... See more
from How Substack Has Spawned a New Class of Newsletter Entrepreneurs by Steven Perlberg
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Chris Best, Hamish McKenzie, and Jairaj Sethi started Substack in 2017, but their history dates back years before. Chris co-founded the anonymous posting app Kik during his third year at the University of Waterloo (2010). He spent the better part of eight years at the company where he met his soon-to-be co-founders. When Chris left Kik in early 201
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