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

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

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

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

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

6. Can Quartz become a scrappy media startup?

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

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

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

10. How Blockworks is building a crypto media empire

11. 5 lessons from running a paid newsletter for the past year

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

13. How 6AM City is scaling crowdsourced local journalism

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

15. This company specializes in turning industry conferences into podcasts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

23. Inside the career of a successful ghostwriter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

31. Can local news thrive on Substack?

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

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

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

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

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

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

38. What it takes to operate a physical podcast studio

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

40. How this barbecue website built a thriving ecommerce business

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

42. This media company merged local news with content marketing

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

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