
Substack
Address: 111 Sutter St 7th floor, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA
Substack is an American online platform that provides publishing, payment, analytics, and design infrastructure to support subscription-based content, including newsletters, podcasts, and video. It allows writers to send digital content directly to subscribers. Founded in 2017, Substack is headquartered in San Francisco. The company has faced criticism for its content moderation policies, as well as security breaches involving user data. Wikipedia
Website: substack.com
Latest news
- Jul 31: JoneKiri has announced a partnership with Startups Decoded to represent all brand partnership opportunities across the show’s full media footprint. The company will represent the Startups Decoded podcast, YouTube and video programming, social channels, custom content and integrations, and its Substack newsletter.
- Jul 30: It's emerged that Jem Erith, Executive Producer of The Diary of a CEO, departed the company three months ago. On Substack, we learn she's just done the Inca Trail. She's the fourth key staffer to have departed the company in recent months.
- Jun 10: Those who host their podcasts on Substack will be able to distribute video to Apple Podcasts "in a few weeks", according to a webinar with Substack Product Manager Zach Taylor (spotted by webinar-watcher Chris Stone). The platform also delivers video automatically to YouTube; it doesn't support Spotify video.
- Mar 13: Substack has launched The Substack Recording Studio. It’s a remote recording tool, and automatically produces auto-generated clips and thumbnails. You can also add logos onto the output.
- Jan 29: UK podcast production company Goalhanger has formed a strategic partnership with The Chernin Group to accelerate the company's US expansion. TCG is Goalhanger's first external investor (the company has been entirely bootstrapped until now, though co-founder Gary Lineker is a multi-millionaire). TCG has also invested in Audiochuck, Barstool Sports, and Substack.
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