Substack
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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. Wikipedia
Website: substack.com
Latest news
- Nov 10: Type C Studios celebrated its one-year anniversary with a Substack post written by CEO N'Jeri Eaton - highlighting the "tough media environment", and the pressure that companies are currently under. She notes that the company had a head start that not many have - years of pre-existing relationships, strong reputations and a past portfolio.
- Nov 9: Formerly at CBC and Pacific Content, Steve Pratt unveiled a new company today. In a Substack post, he says: "They say that there’s no business like show business….So Cameron Uganec and I started one." Like Show Business is "a new company exclusively focused on original Social Shows made with brands, built for how audiences watch now."
- Oct 26: As newsletter companies Substack and beehiiv launch podcast membership tools, the podcast membership tool Supercast has launched a newsletter feature. It's offered as part of the base Supercast toolset, and offers content gating, tiered subscription levels, and segment targeting.
- Oct 22: Substack says that "sponsorships will soon be coming to podcasts hosted on Substack", previewing dynamic ad insertion, paid ad-free episodes, and "you’ll soon be able to tap into third-party sponsorship marketplaces to fill the ad breaks you mark in your episodes". You can sign up for early access. (We think that Substack means ads, rather than sponsorships - we've asked.)
- Oct 12: Former Guardian journalist Marina Hyde has partnered with Goalhanger's Goalhanger X division to launch a new platform called Always On. She will host a YouTube show, and will write on Substack. While she will continue to host The Rest is Entertainment, the release doesn't mention podcasting, other than suggesting that there may be "further audio formats" in the future. It's the first launch from Goalhanger X, which describes itself as "building creator-led media businesses around distinctive personalities - spanning publishing, video, social, audio, membership, live and IP, rather than being tied to a single platform."
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