Substack co-founder Hamish McKenzie says that creators jumping ship from 'mainstream media' like Jim Acosta, Joy Reid and Mehdi Hasan are a big driver of the growth. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor ...

About a year ago, writer and University of Berkeley professor Grace Lavery accepted a six-figure deal from Substack, under the newsletter platform's Pro scheme. At the end of January this year, Lavery ...

Substack has industry-leading newsletter tools and a platform that independent writers flock to, but its recent content moderation missteps could prove costly. In late November, the Atlantic reported ...

What do Alex Berenson, Bari Weiss, and Glenn Greenwald have in common? They’ve all railed against being deplatformed—be it a Twitter ban or the loss of a job at a prestigious publication—only to find ...

The newsletter company, which insists it’s not a newsletter company, plans to release new features that let writers and readers “hang out.” Reading time 2 minutes If you’ve been on Twitter at all ...

The newsletter start-up, which once drew an overture from Elon Musk, is betting on politics content and recruiting stars. But profits remain elusive. By Jessica Testa and Benjamin Mullin In April 2023 ...

This past March, poet and critic Yanyi was very busy. Between teaching at Dartmouth, editing a literary journal, preparing a forthcoming book, and running a creative advice newsletter called “The ...

The idea that history is “just one damned thing after another” may be witty, but it’s also untrue. History is not just a collection of “prominent events” and “great men” as the line seems to imply.

As TikTok’s future hangs in the balance, the newsletter platform is trying to scoop up video creators. As TikTok’s future hangs in the balance, the newsletter platform is trying to scoop up video ...