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The Rise of the Internet’s Creative Middle Class
The internet unlocks distribution. Traditionally, gatekeepers dictated who had influence: record labels, newspaper editors, studio executives. Now anyone can build an online community. You can share videos to YouTube, writing to Substack, music to Soundcloud
Rex Woodbury • The Creator Manifesto 🎨
All throughout the media world, individual writers are finding that they can use social platforms for distribution, crank out writing coated in their signature style, and make far more money than they were able to when stuck behind the desk of a woebegone publisher.
Mark Stenberg • The Medium pivot is the message
the internet has cut costs for creators, enabling a long tail of talent to be discovered and supported. We're all weird, and it's now quicker, cheaper, and easier to find like-minded people producing stuff we want to see.