“There is perhaps another timeline in which Substack never allowed investors like Marc Andreessen to get their hooks into it, and in that world its employees are currently enjoying the fruits of working at a modestly successful and sustainable business with no need to attempt scaling beyond its means.”

“We’ve been asking for exactly the same terms that the New Yorker writers got in their contract, but Condé Nast won’t even discuss this with us.”

“Around seven-in-ten U.S. journalists (69%) say it is the social media site they use most or second most for their job. Twitter is followed by Facebook at 52%.”

“The fact is, having now conducted, edited, and published hundreds of as-told-to and Q &A interviews, I’ve never had a single objection about journalistic accuracy or veracity from an interview subject about what they actually said.”

“Only California and New Jersey have lost more newspaper journalists, relative to population.”

“Over the past year, we’ve developed a series of metrics we’re measuring to track success, hold ourselves accountable, and share what we’re learning with our partners and the broader community.”

“The promise of community begins to feel disingenuous when what’s described is little more than a euphemism for a targeted demographic of interested consumers.”

“Let’s say you’re deliberately advertising in a Texas newspaper and say, ‘Would you like an abortion? Go to this New Mexico abortion clinic.’ Can Texas prohibit that?”

“It’s a way to really get underneath a story locally and nationally.”

“A fact isolated from context, whether it’s true or false, is almost meaningless. You have to explain it or tell it as part of a story.”