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Shaun Randol's avatar

So, Substack the newsletter company is now a website company.

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Bailey @ Substack's avatar

We've always secretly been one!

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Shaun Randol's avatar

Really? If that's true, Substack has been VERY good at keeping the secret. All the early interviews I've read with the founders say they're building a newsletter subscription business...the business model I (and many others) fell in love with. "Website" was a four-letter word.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/16/substack-one-year/

https://www.vox.com/2017/10/16/16480782/substack-subscription-newsletter-sinocism-bill-bishop-ben-thompson-stratechery

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Bailey Richardson's avatar

They talk about how they intentionally used this shorthand for clarity in the early days here - https://on.substack.com/p/please-stop-calling-it-the-newsletter

I think that substack has always been a blog + a newsletter. We are upping our blog game ;)

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Shaun Randol's avatar

Sneaky indeed. Thank you.

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David's avatar

Haha

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Laura Patranella's avatar

It's such a great experience on web, I wish I was at my computer more.

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Indie's avatar

This seems to not be updated with the mobile app in mind- which is fascinating.

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