Axios
Wanted: New media bosses, everywhere
1 min · · Washington Post is the latest looking for a new boss. · Shared by 54, including Katja Evertz, Mike Allen, Anna Irrera, Brian Stelter, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (offline, on parental leave), Luminous Kaleidoscope, Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis, Daniel Levitt, Jay Rosen
OneZero
The Moderation War Is Coming to Spotify, Substack, and Clubhouse
14+ min · · Smaller services are coming under scrutiny now that the big platforms have warmed to aggressive moderation · Shared by 128, including Katja Evertz, Thomas Power, Matt Navarra, ❤️ Umair, Bill Johnston, BenYT, Neeraj K Agrawal, Neil Hart 💙, Stephanie A Kowalski, Konrad Weber, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Mike Davidson
ceonyc.substack.com
Contenting is Hard
5 min · · I, for one, welcome our new professional creator overlords. · Shared by 10, including Katja Evertz
medium.com
Mailchimp Is Dead (It Just Doesn’t Know It Yet)
· There’s a new 800-pound gorilla in the email marketing jungle, and its name is Amazon · Shared by 12, including Katja Evertz, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
CNN
Before Substack, there was Medium — and its network is about to get bigger
4 min · · Substack has become synonymous with writers looking to go independent. But for many years prior, there was a different go-to place for self-publishing: Medium. · Shared by 114, including Luminous Kaleidoscope, Sachin Rekhi, Amicitia, Matt Navarra, Casey Newton, Katja Evertz, anildash.com
VANITY FAIR
“You Become Hostage to Their Worldview”: The Murky World of Moderation on Clubhouse, a Playground for the Elite
3 min · · The invite-only app, which has drawn attention for anti-Semitic speech and harassment issues, says it’s focused on making users feel safe. But due to its very nature, it has become a haven for the… · Shared by 58, including TaylorLorenz.Substack.com, John Nosta, Chris Messina, Matt Navarra, Mathew Ingram, Katja Evertz, hakan, Katie Benner, Dirk von Gehlen 🤷🏻♂️, Stephanie A Kowalski, R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #1A #AI, Niddal, Michael Arrington 🏴☠️ 🛡️
BuzzFeed News
The Pro-Trump Mob Was Doing It For The Gram
5 min · · The assault on the Capitol, and on democracy, also felt like a meme-making social media performance. · Shared by 163, including Joe Germuska, Matthias Lampe, Katja Evertz, Virginia Hughes, TaylorLorenz.Substack.com, Lam Thuy Vo, K. Williams, Molly Wood
diversitystyleguide.com
Diversity Style Guide
· Helping media professionals write with accuracy and authority · Shared by 8, including Christiane Link, Katja Evertz
Reuters Institute
Journalism, media, and technology trends and predictions 2021
20+ min · · This annual report, based on a survey of senior executives, looks at some of the issues facing journalism in 2021 and beyond. · Shared by 169, including Florian Jungnikl-Gossy 🦋, Mark Kaigwa, Wolfgang Blau, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Michaël Jarjour, Katja Evertz, Nieman Reports, Konrad Weber, luis antónio santos, Stephanie A Kowalski, Mark Little, Dan Froomkin (PressWatchers.org), Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (offline, on parental leave), Lelio Simi, Adam Tinworth, Oscar MacDonald, Luminous Kaleidoscope, Bas Grasmayer
The New Yorker
Is Substack the Media Future We Want?
8 min · · The newsletter service is a software company that, by mimicking some of the functions of newsrooms, has made itself difficult to categorize. · Shared by 283, including Casey Newton, Anthony Hamelle, TaylorLorenz.Substack.com, Katja Evertz, Andrew Sullivan, Stig Ørskov, Jeremy Caplan, Lelio Simi, Carrie Brown, Mathew Ingram, Florian Jungnikl-Gossy 🦋, Bethany Brookshire, Judd Legum, Matt Taibbi, Jonathan Kogan, rogerverhoeven, Stephanie A Kowalski, Carissa Véliz, Steven Sinofsky, Richard MacManus
Insider Business
Subscription newsletter platform Substack has doubled its users as COVID-19 jeopardizes the ad-based media model
4 min · · The Andreessen Horowitz-backed platform wants to create a new media model where readers support their favourite writers by paying them directly. · Shared by 9, including Katja Evertz
CJR
The Substackerati
Summary · 19+ min · · Did a newsletter company create a more equitable media system—or replicate the flaws of the old one? · Shared by 352, including Thomas Knüwer, Kyle Chayka, Carrie Brown, Mathew Ingram, Bethany Brookshire, getAbstract, Bourree Lam, Adam Tinworth, Nieman Reports, Mark Kaigwa, Dirk von Gehlen 🤷🏻♂️, Lynn Cherny, Kelsey D. Atherton, now available on Bluesky, Ben Thompson, Karen K. Ho, Esther Schindler, Matt Zoller Seitz, Ernie Smith is also @ernie@writing.exchange, Nathan Baschez 📧, Katja Evertz
a16z
The Next Phase of Social? Listen Closely
10 min · · We’re on the cusp of a wave of audio innovation that will rival the explosion of video apps. Now new social + audio startups are stretching beyond podcasts. · Shared by 217, including Aamir Raz, andrew chen, Ines Bieler, John Nosta, Chris Messina, Jean-Patrick, Katja Evertz
Axios
Vice becomes first media publisher to launch on OnlyFans
2 min · · Vice's food vertical, Munchies, will launch a verified channel on the breakout creator platform. · Shared by 67, including Katja Evertz, Mathew Ingram, John Koetsier, Jonathan Kogan
The New Republic
The Desperate Last Days of Local News
8 min · · From billionaire dilettantes to pension funds, profit-seeking just isn’t compatible with the media’s core democratic functions. · Shared by 60, including Lydia Polgreen, BenYT, Katja Evertz, rogerverhoeven, David Weigel, Liam Bright, Nieman Reports, Thomas Pleil
WIRED
The Future of Social Media Is All Talk
3 min · · From Clubhouse to Discord to Twitter, 2020 was all about giving people a voice online. Literally. · Shared by 138, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Katja Evertz, Arielle Pardes, Matt Navarra, Marsha Collier, Stephanie A Kowalski, Chris Messina