Well, of course Substack has "skin in the game". So do newspapers. And they take a lot more than the 10% subscription I pay to a newspaper for my favourite writers or opinions. Plus the editor dispenses other views I don't like. I don't see the difference. But with Substack at least I don't miss the writers I like - unlike with newspapers, where the editor can spike columns.
Well, of course Substack has "skin in the game". So do newspapers. And they take a lot more than the 10% subscription I pay to a newspaper for my favourite writers or opinions. Plus the editor dispenses other views I don't like. I don't see the difference. But with Substack at least I don't miss the writers I like - unlike with newspapers, where the editor can spike columns.
The difference is a newspaper is the output from a sole publisher - even a sole proprietor with their own steer. Whereas Substack isn't. We're the publishers here. Millions of us. Producing just as many blogs, journals, magazines...
Well, of course Substack has "skin in the game". So do newspapers. And they take a lot more than the 10% subscription I pay to a newspaper for my favourite writers or opinions. Plus the editor dispenses other views I don't like. I don't see the difference. But with Substack at least I don't miss the writers I like - unlike with newspapers, where the editor can spike columns.
The difference is a newspaper is the output from a sole publisher - even a sole proprietor with their own steer. Whereas Substack isn't. We're the publishers here. Millions of us. Producing just as many blogs, journals, magazines...