thehypothesis.substack.com
Here's why Substack's scam worked so well
8 min read · Mar 18th · They paid a secret group of writers to make newsletter authorship seem lucrative
Stratechery
Sovereign Writers and Substack
~11 min read · Mar 22nd · Substack is at the center of media controversy, most of which misses the point that sovereign writers — not Substack — are in control.
Platformer
🚨 The mess at Medium
10 min read · Mar 25th · 14 current and former staffers on what went wrong
click.revue.email
The long, complicated, and extremely frustrating history of Medium, 2012–present » Nieman Journalism Lab
20+ min read · Apr 3rd
Dirk von Gehlen
Mega-Trend Newsletter: Fünf Gründe warum der Hype berechtigt ist
4 min read · Jan 31st · Was ist der wichtigste publizistische Trend im Frühjahr 2021? Nein, ich spreche nicht von Clubhouse. Auch die wachsende Bedeutung von datenjournalistischen Formaten meine ich nicht. Ich spreche von…
media-lab.de
2021 ist ein guter Zeitpunkt, ein Medienimperium zu gründen
1 min read · Feb 1st · In der Corona-Krise haben prominente Journalist:innen in den USA ihren Job gekündigt, um sich mit einem bezahlten Newsletter auf Substack selbstständig zu machen. Wie attraktiv sind die…
Axios
America rebalances its post-Trump news diet
1 min read · Mar 7th · Americans are learning to wean themselves off of news and especially politics.
Poynter
Journalism is a public service. So why doesn’t it represent the public?
3 min read · Mar 5th · Journalism’s high barriers to entry drive out talent from marginalized groups at a time when the field can least afford it.
Nieman Lab
Nieman Lab's Predictions for Journalism 2021
2020-12-22 · Each year, we ask some of the smartest people in journalism and digital media what they think is coming in the next 12 months. Here’s what they had to say.
documentjournal.com
The internet didn’t kill counterculture—you just won’t find it on Instagram
~11 min read · Jan 17th · “To be truly countercultural in a time of tech hegemony, one has to, above all, betray the platform.”
Stratechery
Clubhouse’s Inevitability
~15 min read · Feb 15th · Clubhouse will do for audio what Twitter, Instagram Stories, and TikTok did for text, images, and video.
Vox
You’ve been invited to Clubhouse. Your privacy hasn’t.
5 min read · Feb 12th · Clubhouse has millions of users, millions of dollars, and very few privacy options.
WIRED
The Grim Consequences of a Misleading Study on Disinformation
3 min read · Feb 18th · An influential study relies too heavily on news media reporting—which has only recently acknowledged the social media manipulation problem at all.
OneZero
Nextdoor Is Quietly Replacing the Small-Town Paper
20+ min read · Jan 27th · While Facebook and Twitter get the scrutiny, Nextdoor is reshaping politics one neighborhood at a time
Axios
Newsletters are growing up and leaving the coop
2 min read · Jan 26th · Some authors are figuring out they need more than an internet connection and writing ideas.
Axios
Wanted: New media bosses, everywhere
1 min read · Jan 27th · Washington Post is the latest looking for a new boss.
