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Defector, The Daily Memphian, The Dispatch and other outlets of recent vintage are driving a shift in the digital media business.

Substack is a platform, fast-growing platform, that lets journalists and writers and pretty much anybody go independent and start publishing directly to subscribers, without necessarily the standards of a newsroom or even any editing at all. it is a platform for lots of individuals, including controversial opinion writers, the likes of alec berenson, edward snowden, andrew sullivan, just some of the high-profile names now drawing big audiences and in some cases big revenue lines, thanks to subst...

Unbundling things, you have to rebundle them. there are, you see writers on substack working together, banding together to form companies and communities to work with each other. i dont think the magical piece of the model is the writer necessarily goes it alone. i think the magical piece is that the readers and the writers are in charge and you have this direct paid relationship. >> and theres also been earlier this year a lot of bad press around certain writers on substack that other writers o...

Of a matter of principle. thats something like that i think has become a little unfashionable. i think the idea of defending free expression or free press is kind of like falling by the wayside a little bit. but for us its not a matter of something we say to sound good, but something we deeply believe in. >> substack has an antidote to cancel culture? >> i do think there are some people who thrive on substack, who found it hard to thrive in traditional media. thats certainly the case. >> isnt th...

Heart of substack, which is as a writer, i can go independent. as a reader, i choose for myself to who to trust, who to support with my money. i take back my mind from these social media feeds i have been giving my time too and instead spend it on time on something i think is valuable. it works great for media writers but its powerful beyond that. weve seen success from comic book writers leaving their major studios to go independent on substack. seeing success in podcasting, which is a similar ...

Existing problems a heavy-handed censorship policy where youre putting yourself in a position as a platform to decide whats true and whats not, whats politically okay to talk about and whats not, in my estimation you havent fixed the problem, you just got two really bad problems now. one is you built an add vocation machine for stuff driving people crazy and the other you have this perception of putting your thumbs on the scale and telling people what they can and cant see just doesnt feel like ...

Substack. when do you decide covid misinformation or malinformation is not acceptable on your platform? where is that line? >> yeah, i think the way that we see this is that having an information ecosystem where we can discuss things and hear different sides and how people argue about things, even when the people are wrong, and maybe especially when the people are wrong and especially when the people are questioning kind of like conventional wisdom and governmental policies, all of that stuff is...

Forever. there was a land grab where you have to get everybodys attention and theres an idea nobody will pay for anything on the internet. the work the netflixes and spotifies and et cetera of the world have done, getting us used to the idea its worth paying for good stuff is incredibly important. that said the substack model goes beyond that. on netflix youre subscribing to a huge bundle of stuff and im getting it through a giant buyer hose, where as on substack you can subscribe directly to a ...

Book about trans issues which was big for them, the new yorker ran a piece saying the left has to start taking genetics seriously, thats new for them. not only are they sounding shrill and angry, theyre losing a lot of respect among many people who want to be in these places, diversity of opinion. howie: let me jump in. you said in one interview, weve all lost our nerve. does that include andrew sullivan? >> absolutely not. i was gotten rid of because i wouldnt succumb to the woke revolution but...

The committee says so far, material has come in from nearly all executive branch agencies and we continue to work with them to identify the highest priority records. there are fears that another january 6 style attack could happen in washington next weekend. a right wing extremist group has planned a solidarity rally on september 18 for those charged over the capitol riot. but its unclear just what will happen at this event. some extremists have been promoting it. other groups are warning their ...