Substack and Patreon are vying to become creators’ primary revenue stream. For most influencers, payouts from platforms like Meta or Google aren’t enough to build a sustainable career. Rather than ...

The creator platform Patreon is preparing long-awaited upgrades to its newsletter functionality, and is using the promise of that enhanced suite of tools-along with financial incentives-to woo popular ...

“The four shows making the switch as part of this announcement include the foreign policy program ‘American Prestige,’ which has over 2,000 paying Patreon subscribers, and the news analysis show ‘The ...

It’s been an all-around more ambitious year for Twitter. Following activist shareholder action last year that aimed to oust CEO Jack Dorsey, the company has been making long overdue product moves, ...

Substack has long positioned itself as a safe haven for independent writers — including, at times, publications that contain Nazi and other extremist content. The newsletter platform is now looking to ...

Uploading paywalled audio on Substack isn’t new, but the newsletter platform is re-upping its attempt to woo podcasters into using its service. Substack posted two blog posts today urging creators to ...

Content platform Substack just released a spate of new video capabilities, placing it in direct competition with YouTube and Patreon, among others. The video tools include a direct upload option, ...