Some Substack creators are using direct messaging to build communities and retain paying subscribers. The publishing platform has rolled out chat features to help creators connect with their audience.

Some saw a lower-than-usual email open rate beginning July 24th — which Substack tied to last weekend’s iCloud Private Relay outage. With Private Relay, user data is routed through multiple servers, ...

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The "Substack Pro" program — in which the company offered six-figure paid advances to well-known writers to jump ship and write a newsletter — is now over, with the company instead prioritizing ...

Newsletter platform Substack is introducing the ability for writers to send videos to their subscribers via Chat, its private community feature, the company announced on Wednesday. The rollout of ...

It’s Mid-April. Vancouver. I’m sitting in the TED Theatre, and the media world is melting down. Paramount is reportedly considering a $75 million settlement in a $20 billion lawsuit filed by Donald ...

“Newsletter platforms such as Substack have become a thriving vehicle for writers operating independently of traditional publishing companies, and marketers trying to reach online consumers outside of ...

In a move to scoop up audiences from platforms like TikTok, Instagram, Twitch, and YouTube, Substack is expanding its integrated video tools for creators, adding the ability to stream live. Announced ...

In an ever-evolving media landscape, where most of the evolution is happening in all the wrong directions, a free-to-use platform like Substack is a godsend. It lets new independent media companies ...

A food king of Manhattan welcomes the newsletter crowd to a party celebrating the 50th anniversary of his Upper East Side cafe. By Alex Vadukul Eli Zabar, the longtime king of a Manhattan food and ...