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Aja Frost
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When I asked what, exactly, they thought made someone a promising Substack writer, Best turned to McKenzie and asked, in a jokey hush, “Do we keep the Baschez score a secret?” McKenzie laughed. They have a system, created by a former employee named Nathan Baschez, that measures a Twitter user’s engagement level—retweets, likes, replies—among their ... See more
cjr.org • The Substackerati
“When we have gone to Albany and spoken with lawmakers about how the industry works, the lawmakers’ jaws drop to the floor. They're shocked about what is normalized.”
This financial exploitation, Ziff argued, leads to sexual exploitation.
This financial exploitation, Ziff argued, leads to sexual exploitation.
Amy Odell • Weinstein Accuser Ambra Gutierrez Takes on the Modeling Industry
white feminist #girlboss messaging that can be found in MLMs.
Amanda Montell • Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
began one of YouTube’s most beneficial business moves and a telling sign that the company often had no idea what its machines were doing.
Mark Bergen • Like, Comment, Subscribe
-Provide creator education and training
Harvard Business Review • Building the Middle Class of the Creator Economy
But as the market gets more and more competitive — and the platforms and their algorithms remain unreliable — creators are devising new, hyper-specific revenue streams.
Taylor Lorenz • For Creators, Everything is for Sale
Two years ago, I predicted this shift, writing about the rise of the journalist influencer and how more journalists will recognize and harness the opportunity to own and monetize their personal brands.