Axios
Wanted: New media bosses, everywhere
1 min read · 2021-01-27 · Washington Post is the latest looking for a new boss. · Shared by 55, including Katja Evertz, Mike Allen, Anna Irrera, Brian Stelter, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Luminous Kaleidoscope, Jeff Jarvis, Daniel Levitt, Jay Rosen
OneZero
The Moderation War Is Coming to Spotify, Substack, and Clubhouse
~14 min read · 2021-01-14 · Smaller services are coming under scrutiny now that the big platforms have warmed to aggressive moderation · Shared by 127, including Katja Evertz, Thomas Power, Matt Navarra, ❤️ Umair, Bill Johnston, BenYT, Neeraj K. Agrawal, Neil Hart 💙, Stephanie A Kowalski, Konrad Weber, Merkstatt, Mike Davidson
ceonyc.substack.com
Contenting is Hard
5 min read · 2021-02-07 · 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)
2020-11-26 · There’s a new 800-pound gorilla in the email marketing jungle, and its name is Amazon · Shared by 12, including Katja Evertz, Merkstatt
CNN
Before Substack, there was Medium — and its network is about to get bigger
4 min read · 2021-01-14 · 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 115, including Luminous Kaleidoscope, Sachin Rekhi, Amicitia, Matt Navarra, Casey Newton, Katja Evertz, Anil
VANITY FAIR
“You Become Hostage to Their Worldview”: The Murky World of Moderation on Clubhouse, a Playground for the Elite
3 min read · 2020-12-10 · 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 Taylor Lorenz, John Nosta, Chris Messina, Matt Navarra, Mathew Ingram, Katja Evertz, hakan, Katie Benner, Dirk von Gehlen, Stephanie A Kowalski, @salesforce #DF22 R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #1A, Niddal Salah-Eldin, Michael Arrington 🏴☠️
BuzzFeed News
The Pro-Trump Mob Was Doing It For The Gram
5 min read · 2021-01-08 · The assault on the Capitol, and on democracy, also felt like a meme-making social media performance. · Shared by 103, including Joe Germuska, Matthias Lampe, Katja Evertz, Virginia Hughes, Taylor Lorenz, Lam Thuy Vo, K. Williams, Molly Wood
diversitystyleguide.com
Diversity Style Guide
From 2018 · 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 read · 2021-01-07 · This annual report, based on a survey of senior executives, looks at some of the issues facing journalism in 2021 and beyond. · Shared by 165, 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, Lelio Simi, Adam Tinworth, Oscar MacDonald, Luminous Kaleidoscope, Bas Grasmayer
The New Yorker
Is Substack the Media Future We Want?
8 min read · 2020-12-28 · The newsletter service is a software company that, by mimicking some of the functions of newsrooms, has made itself difficult to categorize. · Shared by 268, including Steven Sinofsky, Anthony Hamelle, Taylor Lorenz, Stephanie A Kowalski, Andrew Sullivan, Stig Ørskov, Jeremy Caplan, Lelio Simi, Carrie Brown, Mathew Ingram, Jonathan Kogan, Bethany Brookshire, Judd Legum, Matt Taibbi, Richard MacManus, rogerverhoeven, Florian Jungnikl-Gossy 🦕, Carissa Véliz, Casey Newton, Katja Evertz
Business Insider
Subscription newsletter platform Substack has doubled its users as COVID-19 jeopardizes the ad-based media model
4 min read · From 2020 · 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 read · 2020-11-16 · Did a newsletter company create a more equitable media system—or replicate the flaws of the old one? · Shared by 293, 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, Ben Thompson, Karen K. Ho, Esther Schindler, Matt Zoller Seitz, Ernie Smith, Nathan Baschez 📧, Katja Evertz
a16z
The Next Phase of Social? Listen Closely
10 min read · 2020-12-07 · 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 156, including Aamir Raz, andrewchen, Ines Bieler, John Nosta, Chris Messina, Jean-Patrick, Katja Evertz
Axios
Vice becomes first media publisher to launch on OnlyFans
2 min read · 2020-12-17 · Vice's food vertical, Munchies, will launch a verified channel on the breakout creator platform. · Shared by 67, including Jonathan Kogan, Mathew Ingram, John Koetsier, Katja Evertz
The New Republic
The Desperate Last Days of Local News
8 min read · 2020-12-14 · 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 read · 2020-12-16 · From Clubhouse to Discord to Twitter, 2020 was all about giving people a voice online. Literally. · Shared by 139, including Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Katja Evertz, Arielle Pardes, Matt Navarra, Marsha Collier, Stephanie A Kowalski, Chris Messina
