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 ...

As newsletter upstart Substack emerges from a stellar year, co-founder and CEO Chris Best said he wants the platform to become a one-step shop for writers — and to continue being a space for freedom ...

Normal people—with regular lives and real jobs—have soap operas and reality shows. People who are Extremely Online have Substack. This reveals a fundamental problem for modern journalism. Many readers ...

Anthropic's retired Opus 3 AI model will write a blog. The "philosophical and whimsical" model was asked what it wanted to do next. Claude says it wants to explore the relationship between humans and ...

It seems independent journalism is more popular than ever, but whether it's a viable alternative to a newsroom job is up for ...

Earlier this month, the newsletter startup Substack, which enables writers to launch their own paid newsletters, announced that it had reached 1 million paid subscribers. “Marketplace” host Kai ...

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 ...

The media industry has been among the hardest hit by the pandemic. In the U.S., the media industry was besieged by more than 30,000 job cuts in 2020—an increase of more than 200% over 2019 levels.

Substack, originally a newsletter service, says its app now has millions of users interacting with its creators. By Benjamin Mullin and Jessica Testa Substack began its life as a buzzy newsletter ...