Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
The good news is that the internet is trending back to Kelly’s vision. For example, many top writers on Substack earn far more than they did at salaried jobs. The economics of low take rates plus enthusiastic fandom does wonders. On Substack, 1,000 newsletter subscribers paying $10/month nets over $100K/year to the writer.
Chris Dixon • NFTs and a Thousand True Fans
Substack has built a fantastic platform for independent writers to not only reach their audiences directly, but to support themselves financially while doing so without having to depend on increasingly stultifying media institutions.
Jerry Brito • Disintermediating the media with… Substack?
Santos and Nathan argued about how to use the infusion of cash. Santos wanted much of it to go to marketing; Nathan thought it should go to coders to strengthen the back end. But within six months of the funding announcement, the arguing stopped — Nathan left.
Courtney Rubin • How a Hot $100 Million Design Startup Collapsed Overnight
Scoop: i-D magazine, which was bought by Karlie Kloss late last year, laid off most of the editorial staff in London today -- about 10 employees -- global editorial director Olivia Singer and features editor Mahoro Seward are staying for now, I hear
Lauren Shermanx.commily Atkin, who runs Heated, on the climate crisis, told me that her gross annual income surpassed $200,000—and among paid-readership Substacks, she’s ranked fifteenth.
cjr.org • The Substackerati
The price of payments
open.substack.comGeorge Packer in 2014, in a New Yorker piece detailing Amazon’s takeover of the book industry. With this data,
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
By contrast, consumer software tools that enhance human agency, that serve us when we are most creative and intentional, are often built by hobbyists and used by a handful of nerds. If such a tool ever gets too successful one of the Marl-serving companies, flush with cash from advertising or growth-hungry venture capital, will acquire it and kill... See more
Ivan Vendrov • The Tyranny of the Marginal User
on Substack
Michael Dean • 4 cards