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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
Joe Pompeo • “There Has to Be a Line”: Substack’s Founders Dive Headfirst Into the Culture Wars
Ted Sarandos, the Netflix co-CEO
Will Tavlin • Casual Viewing | Will Tavlin
As with the hand-wringing over millennial cord-cutting, the limitations of supporting 10+ independent creators at $10 a month is similar to the impracticality of a Hulu, HBO, Criterion, Topic, Netflix and Amazon Prime subscription (phew). The pendulum has swung back to bundling–whether in a form like Every, or some sweet Atlantic media money.
Kyle Chayka • 10 Lessons for Crypto Media: Dirt’s Year in Review
In a non-tokenized subscription world, I have no real incentive to help the media brand grow. As such, I may be perfectly happy to share my subscription with other people, set an auto-forward on the newsletter I pay for, and so on.
Joey DeBruin • Why the New York Times Should be Tokenized
When MrBeast, in his teens, wanted to figure out how to make viral videos, he did it by consuming every video that went viral on YouTube.
Henrik Karlsson • How MrBeast Learns
