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Burning 3,000 calories during a Twitch stream
PLUS: Hollywood likes to draw all the wrong lessons from surprise blockbuster successes.
8 hrs ago
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How a revived print magazine attracted 33,000 paying subscribers
Mike Rogge bought Mountain Gazette in 2020 and turned it into a premium collector's item.
Jun 16
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My thoughts on Substack’s sponsorships rollout
PLUS: Fox’s acquisition of Roku is kind of a big deal for the streaming wars.
Jun 16
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Meta continues to screw over its creators
PLUS: The AI-generated newsletter that's monetized with subscriptions
Jun 12
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How HubSpot transformed itself from a content marketer into a full-fledged media company
VP of media Jonathan Hunt walked through the company's newsletter, podcast, and creator operations.
Jun 11
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A good sign for creator-media hybrid deals?
PLUS: LinkedIn takes baby steps toward supporting its creators.
Jun 11
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How a hockey coaching conference grew into a $1.5 million media subscription business
Aaron Wilbur explained how he built the "Netflix for coaches."
Jun 9
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A YouTuber built a $10 million subscription business
PLUS: Shopify is running its Substack account the right way.
Jun 9
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Is YouTube going to accidentally dominate the audiobook market?
PLUS: Is there an untapped market for short fiction?
Jun 5
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How a niche newsletter turned its reporting into a data product
Will Richards explained how Overnight Success built a six-figure business with only 5,000 newsletter subscribers.
Jun 4
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Does premium journalism require a subscription model?
PLUS: The rise of the zombie media brands
Jun 4
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How a weekly PDF became one of Africa’s most innovative news products
Sipho Kings explained how he co-founded The Continent, which is distributed almost entirely through messaging apps.
Jun 2
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