Substack is a newsletter for people who care about independent news

Substack is a new kind of publishing platform. It's not just about writing for the web, it's about building a sustainable creative community. Your articles will be discovered and shared through links, social media, and email. If someone wants to read your writing, they can sign up for your newsletter and get new articles automatically delivered to their inboxes. If someone likes what you write, they can support you with a recurring payment every month. Substack makes this possible in an interface that puts your content front and center. 

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Substack is like an cash app a two-sided marketplace for writing. It is a tool to help writers and readers find each other, price their work fairly, then connect directly. As an independent journalism industry, their goal is to be the backbone of a resilient media ecosystem that supports real investigative reporting in favor of fake news. To put it bluntly: things don't look great for old media—there's just not enough money flowing around to support quality reporting. There are signs, however, that the underlying problem could be resolved with this shake-up in technology that allows creators and consumers to engage more directly. Substack as a platform for discovery, more people can now read great writing for free (or for less). And if you pay for it, you're paying directly to support the author (rather than through advertising or an arbitrary paywall).

Substack is a new way for independent journalists to make a living on the internet. For $9 / month, they host your articles and videos and deliver them directly to our subscribers. Your articles and videos live on Substack’s servers and are distributed via RSS, so you can reach all of your readers without relying on Facebook or digital sharecropping.

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It works on articles collaboratively, via GitHub, Slack, and email. The community is encouraged to rank and reward good writing by subscribing, commenting, and tipping money (via bitcoin).

It is a newsletter for people who care about independent news. They publish an original essay each day, and their features are deeper than the average long-form piece you find on the web. Their reporters don't take money or flattery from sources—they're beholden only to readers, and their reporting is evidence of their good faith.

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