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April 7, 2023
Prem Thakker
Why Elon Musk Is Nuking Substack on Twitter
Even his journo-buddies are up in arms.
August 16, 2022
Aaron R. Hanlon
Cancel Culture Did Not Stab Salman Rushdie
Bari Weiss and other self-anointed defenders of free speech used the author’s stabbing to accuse the left of rhetorical excess—and ignored the very relevant scourge of book-banning by the American right.
September 3, 2021
Alex Shephard
Can Salman Rushdie and Substack Revive Serialized Fiction?
Most of the big tech attempts to “disrupt” the book have failed.
March 19, 2021
Alex Shephard
What Is Substack?
The newsletter company has responded to criticism by claiming it’s a neutral platform. It’s not quite.
March 16, 2021
Jacob Silverman
Facebook Has Found a New Way to Ruin Media
The social media giant is considering paying writers to post. Do we want them to?
November 23, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
The Dangerous Inversions of the Debate Around Trans “Censorship”
The author of a book on the supposed “transgender craze seducing our daughters” claims she is being silenced. It is a very loud silence.
September 23, 2020
Alex Shephard
Is Defector the Future of Media?
The new site, launched by the writers and editors who quit Deadspin last fall, represents a simple, exciting path for good journalism.
May 25, 2020
Alex Shephard
Is Email the Future of Journalism?
With the industry in free fall, new models are emerging.
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