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Podcast: Why UK’s Reach turned to Substack
Editor’s note: This MediaVoices podcast was recorded in June, and the piece written-up and scheduled before Reach Plc…
9 September 2025
The rise of journo influencers
The media industry’s new year got off to a buzzy start when Ben Smith (former Editor-in-chief of Buzzfeed…
27 January 2022
What newsletters really mean
The first known newsletters were exchanged between officials and friends in ancient Rome. By the fifteenth century, merchant…
15 October 2021
Substack is coming for you
About this time last year, the media industry got terribly excited about newsletters. One of the sources of…
1 October 2021
Substack buys Letter platform
Substack, the newsletter platform, has acquired Letter, a “public correspondence startup”. Terms not disclosed. Letter operates in a…
29 July 2021
Substack raises $65m
Substack, host to newsletters created by respected journalists and small following enthusiasts alike, has successfully raised $65m in…
1 April 2021
Will newsletters kill newspapers?
Amid the carnage of job losses at newspapers and digital news providers, email newsletters are beginning to look…
19 March 2021
Twitter + newsletter boom
Twitter has added newsletter facilitator Revue which allows contributors to create subscriptions revenue for their own email newsletters.…
28 January 2021