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.

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Not long after the 2020 election, I read an article in The New York Times about a historian, Heather Cox Richardson, who was the “breakout star” of a growing newsletter platform called Substack. As an ...

Let’s talk about Substack’s new reading app, and the moment in the life of a young tech company when its ambitions grow from niche service provider to a giant global platform. Platformer, from which ...

After posting almost 200 videos, amassing hundreds of thousands of followers and racking up millions of views, Carla Lalli Music is quitting YouTube. Substack is her new focus. Music is a cookbook ...