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Natural Selection is Eating the Old Web
7 Biggest challenges for Creators and the 1-million Club of Newsletter Operators, the 0.001 percent.
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Michael Spencer

January 2024

Substack in 2024; Controversy can Rejuvenate an Independent Voices Platform
Substack is rejuvenated after a paid media purge and exodus of critics in a mainstream media funded campaign.
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Michael Spencer
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Why the Substack Against Nazis Movement Sucks
A rant against popular trends and media funded "movements".
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Michael Spencer

October 2023

The Creator Economy Grifter Game
$250 Billion with what to show for it?
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Michael Spencer
Post News Ushers in Newsletter Creators
Beehiiv is growing fast.
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Michael Spencer

September 2023

beehiiv Acquires Ad Platforms Swapstack
Substack is neglecting Sponsors, while the rest of the internet moves on.
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Michael Spencer
How Google is Disrupting Wordpress Bloggers and Business Models that Played the SEO Game
It's the End of Independent publishing as we know it. The End of the human blogger happens in 2024.
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Michael Spencer
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Twitter will have a Paywall Soon 💀
Are paywalled sites really a good idea?
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Michael Spencer
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Medium Partner Program's August 2023 is Causing an Exodus to Substack
Yet another pivot in Medium's Partner Program leaves popular writers earning 70% less
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Michael Spencer

July 2023

What is TikTok Text Posts?
And why does it matter?
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Michael Spencer
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Threads, Media and Creator Crunches
Social Media has been dying for a long time, and it's going to impact a lot of journalists and creators.
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Michael Spencer
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Meta's Threads (Barcelona) Launches on Thursday July 6th
Social Media's Great Bifurcation of 2023
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Michael Spencer
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