Within a week, the newsletter had brought in $80,000 in annualized subscription revenue. By October, the newsletter had more than 100,000 subscribers, including enough paying subscribers to hire a staff of five people.[1][3][10][11] In March 2022, Weiss raised between $1 million and $5 million to expand the venture from investors such as venture... See more

Weiss and Bowles, then a reporter at The New York Times , launched Common Sense as a newsletter on the Substack platform on January 12, 2021, after Weiss resigned from The Times . The publication was named after the political pamphlet of the same name by Thomas Paine.[4] It covers politics, culture, and current events.[6][7][8][9] Weiss described... See more