Unbundling Journalism | Chris Best on Venture Stories
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Unbundling Journalism | Chris Best on Venture Stories
For example, the next writing platform I am paying close attention to these days is Substack. Substack is aiming to be the “social” writing platform for paid newsletters. The reason I say “social” is because, unlike true social platforms where the purpose is to browse and scroll, Substack actually operates much closer to a tool for writers rather t
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