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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

In an age when more and more “content” was being created and distributed, we needed to bet on the fact that quality will matter more and more.

Packy McCormick • Hamilton & Disney's Education Flywheel (Audio Edition)

Why civility on Facebook ended with .edu

Josh Constine constine.substack.com

In fact, if I were to isolate Brock’s single most important achievement, it would be his uncanny ability to integrate Media Matters into the mainstream news culture as a news source. No other partisan group has been as successful at influencing the media and passing off its partisan work as news, or a newsworthy product.

Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote

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Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, • Smart Brevity

Facebook inflated its video metrics, a bunch of digital media executives carelessly pivoted to video in the hopes that they would become essential content suppliers to Mark Zuckerberg, and then he imperiously killed them all because he realized it was far easier to negotiate with an infinite supply of individual burned-out Instagram influencers. Th... See more

With the election around the corner and Hillary in the middle of a nasty primary fight, Brock now has a seemingly “unbiased” liberal website in his pocket to push pro-Hillary stories.

Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote

Journalism for Democracy

Sam Liebeskind • 2 cards

Selling this fabricated narrative to the public requires Blumenthal’s mastery. Clinton is delighted when, three days after the Benghazi attacks, Blumenthal emails her an article that his son, Max, has written for the British Guardian newspaper, focusing attention on the false narrative that blames the video. It’s titled “Inside the Strange Hollywoo