Substack cofounder Hamish McKenzie is “launching a column of ‘unbridled thoughts and insights on the media industry.’ Which is almost a great idea, only it’s for Lachlan Cartwright’s Breaker — a ...

“NYC-based beehiiv was launched in October 2021, and since then, on some $4 million of prior funding, it’s amassed a network of 7,500 active newsletters that collectively have 35 million unique ...

The six-year-old self-publishing platform is still a magnet for writers, but WordPress and Beehiiv are vying for market share. After last year’s retrenchment, “we’re just coming out of defensive mode, ...

Tyler Denk is off to a fast start this year. His newsletter company, Beehiiv, has already announced a new website-building tool and is putting together a creator collective in a bid to compete with ...

Writers, investors and pop stars alike are building new media businesses to connect directly with readers and fans.

For some founders, that debate is beside the point. Startups are discovering that this cheap means of direct communication with a dedicated audience can deliver growth, even if the mailing list is ...

Jim Acosta, the frequent Donald Trump antagonist who was all but pushed out by CNN earlier this year, may not be the type of person you’d suspect would be a hit on Substack. In fact, when he signed ...

Newsletter platform Ghost, an open source competitor to Substack, is now connected to the fediverse, also known as the open social web. Federated apps run on the protocol ActivityPub, which powers ...