substack

Independent writer hosting

Substack is an online platform where writers publish newsletters and other content, typically delivered to subscribers via email.

Many writers use it to build independent audiences and earn money through paid subscriptions: She left her magazine job to write on Substack.

The platform has become associated with opinion journalism and commentary outside traditional media outlets.

platform

newsletter

Periodic organizational publication

creators · paid · free · archive · homepage · dashboard · embed · podcast · recommendations · leaderboard

community

readers

Those who peruse text

restacks · followers · audience · supporters · founding members · discussion · engagement · replies

content

essay

Short argumentative prose work

  • postVertical structural beam
  • articleWritten piece or grammatical word
  • threadFiber for stitching

dispatch · column · commentary · analysis · opinion · longform · serialized · episode · draft · series

Categories
Opposites
publishing model

substackThe New York Times

Leading American newspaper

legacy media · mainstream media · editorial board · Associated Press · publishing house

content aggregation

substackApple News

Tech giant's media aggregator

Google News · news feed · content farm · Reddit

monetization approach

substackBuzzFeed

Digital media company

sponsored content

Family

sub, stack, stacks, stacked, stacking, stacker

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