February 19, 2021
Substack’s Lonely War on Publishing The new subscription platform for writers is atomizing an already fragile cultural ecosystem Journalism in its earliest form was reliant on an elite audience: those who could read, possessed the leisure time to do so and, most importantly, enjoyed a healthy disposable income to pay for it. In the UK, The Gentleman’s Magazine, launched in 1731, provided a window into the concerns and considerations of its well-heeled audience and, i...