Index of case study interviews

This is an ongoing repository of my case study interviews. I’m compiling it to make it easier for new subscribers to access older case studies.

1. Why David Kushner is serializing his next book on Substack

2. How a kids-focused podcaster reached 1 million monthly downloads

3. How investment newsletter The Daily Upside reached 300,000 subscribers

4. How a serial media entrepreneur launched a new MVP

5. How a former Cosmo editor built Australia's largest women-focused media company

6. How a college student launched one of the most influential B2B sports media companies

7. How a podcast for entrepreneurial parents generates $200,000 a year

8. How Starter Story grew to 1.4 million monthly visitors and $500,000 in annual revenue

9. How Big Cabal Media became one of the fastest-growing news outlets in Africa

10. How an interest in whiskey birthed a thriving media company

11. Why The Information launched a Creator Economy newsletter

12. How Maria Brito used Instagram to build a 7-figure art consulting business

13. How an engineering student accidentally started a thriving science news site

14. Was Randy Cassingham the first member of the Creator Economy?

15. How ScoopWhoop became one of India’s most viral publishers

16. Judd Legum proved that investigative journalism can thrive on Substack

17. Can a hit YouTube channel thrive after its founder departs?

18. Can a former Myspace CTO drive the creator economy's next evolution?

19. Can Quartz become a scrappy media startup?

20. How Taegan Goddard built a thriving paid membership for Political Wire

21. This YouTuber built a massive following with pop music guitar lessons

22. How Newsflare monetizes video from over 60,000 contributors

23. How Blockworks is building a crypto media empire

24. 5 lessons from running a paid newsletter for the past year

25. How Josh Spector monetizes his 25,000 newsletter subscribers

26. How 6AM City is scaling crowdsourced local journalism

27. How The Discourse scaled its business model to 34 local news sites

28. This company specializes in turning industry conferences into podcasts

29. Daily Detroit is proving there’s a market for local podcasts

30. How two YouTubers turned their hunting vlog into a thriving business

31. How a VC investor grew her newsletter to over 100,000 subscribers

32. How a trade show’s newsletter saved the company during Covid

33. This Australian news site doubled its paid subscriptions over the past year

34. Why a Hell’s Kitchen print magazine pivoted to newsletters

35. This TV podcast generates $4,000 a month on Patreon

36. Inside the career of a successful ghostwriter

37. How Kent Anderson became a watchdog over the scholarly publishing industry

38. He got laid off from Yahoo Sports, so he launched his own sports newsletter

39. How a leading fintech events company pivoted to virtual events

40. This journalist launched a news outlet for French expats in the U.S.

41. He amassed 5,000 subscribers for one of New Zealand’s first paid newsletters

42. Why this digital publisher launched a twice-yearly print magazine

43. How a bestselling author became a one-man media company

44. Can local news thrive on Substack?

45. This agency helps B2B tech companies develop their own podcasts

46. This former Patch reporter launched his own thriving local news site

47. Macmillan was an early podcast pioneer. Here’s what it’s up to next

48. He wrote a newsletter for the Chicago Tribune. Then he launched his own

49. His barbecue site generates $100,000 a month

50. He helped launch a thriving news cooperative in Bristol UK

51. What it takes to operate a physical podcast studio

52. Why news publishers shouldn’t give up on Wordpress

53. How this barbecue website built a thriving ecommerce business

54. How to grow your newsletter by syndicating it to mainstream media outlets

55. This media company merged local news with content marketing

56. Why you should adapt your podcast episodes into multiple formats

57. How a blogger sold $72,000 in ebooks over a 3-day period