Sitemap - 2023 - Simon Owens's Media Newsletter

You're not optimizing your newsletter enough

Vice's biggest mistake

The advertising recession is definitely here

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How to leverage live audio to drive paid subscriptions

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The perils of launching a subscription product too early

Let's talk to Richard Rushfield about building The Ankler

Testing out new paid subscription perks

In praise of outside-the-box media business models

The alternate universe where Gawker Media is still thriving

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The next era for bootstrapped media

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One of the biggest mistakes newsletter writers make

The Creator Economy "middle class" does exist

Emanuel Cinca will generate over $1 million this year from his newsletter

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The media industry’s original sin

Let's talk to Stephen Hayes and Taegan Goddard about monetizing political news

Was I too bullish on Substack Notes?

Substack Notes could be the Twitter killer we've been waiting for

Announcing my newest content series

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Why some creators prefer selling online courses over subscriptions

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If AI destroys the media industry, then who will feed the chatbots?

Local newspapers have lost the plot

The low-hanging fruit for newsletter publishers

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Creator funds are even more bullshit than we realized

Let's talk to Dan Oshinsky about newsletter growth

Is the Morning Brew model crumbling?

Publishers shouldn't have closed down their comment sections

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What to make of the paltry payouts from YouTube Shorts

Let's talk about how to build a successful ghostwriting business

The shallow branding of shortform video

How to supercharge your newsletter growth

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How Vice became the poster child for the Facebook media bubble

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Office Hours video archive

The increasing importance of newsletters for selling books

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Understanding Business Insider’s pivots

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Let's talk about building an events arm of your media business

The Creator Economy isn’t overhyped

How to build a $525 million B2B media company

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Every company eventually tries to become a media company

Let's talk to Sean Griffey, CEO of Industry Dive

This YouTuber details his 12 separate revenue streams

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TikTok's monetization is "absolute garbage"

Meet the guy who’s shaping HubSpot’s media strategy

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How to build a successful B2B media company

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Why creators are in less of a rush to quit their day jobs

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