The newsletter platform Substack rose to prominence with a permissive approach to online speech, attracting big-name writers who felt “canceled” by the mainstream media for their conservative or ...

Some Substack creators are using direct messaging to build communities and retain paying subscribers. The publishing platform has rolled out chat features to help creators connect with their audience.

It’s Mid-April. Vancouver. I’m sitting in the TED Theatre, and the media world is melting down. Paramount is reportedly considering a $75 million settlement in a $20 billion lawsuit filed by Donald ...

Newsletter platform Substack is introducing the ability for writers to send videos to their subscribers via Chat, its private community feature, the company announced on Wednesday. The rollout of ...

The Trump administration has, through its attempted deportation of college students vocally critical of Israel, made clear that it does not believe free speech applies to foreign-born residents.

Substack is facing a revolt from some of its writers after a report detailed how neo-Nazi and white supremacist writers—including the notorious alt-right leader Richard Spencer—have been able to make ...

The newsletter publisher Substack said Monday it had removed five publications that included incitements to violence, after weeks of pressure from writers who threatened to quit the platform over its ...

Some saw a lower-than-usual email open rate beginning July 24th — which Substack tied to last weekend’s iCloud Private Relay outage. With Private Relay, user data is routed through multiple servers, ...

One of the internet’s top platforms for independent writing is facing a growing backlash from some writers over its announcement last month that it won’t block Nazis from its services, a decision that ...