Substack emerges as solidly progressive platform with ‘liberal thought leaders’ flocking, researcher says

Substack Is The New Home Of The Far Left

In 2017, Substack emerged as an independent media venture where journalists could report honestly and fearlessly without the constraints of corporate media. Initially, the top-earning journalists on the platform were former progressives who distanced themselves from the trajectory of the Democratic Party, such as Glenn Greenwald, Matt Taibbi, and Bari Weiss.The media landscape has changed quite dramatically since then. Twitter is now called X an…

Substack emerges as solidly progressive platform with ‘liberal thought leaders’ flocking, researcher says

Substack has emerged as a liberal haven with 81 of its top 100 politics newsletters being left-leaning, attracting Democratic figures and journalists, according to a new study.

Substack, Ghost, and the New Gray Literature

This week, we debut our new “Rant of the Week” feature, have two great new non-fiction reads for the summer in “Discoveries,” and discuss Substack, Ghost, and the New Gray Literature — the power of newsletters in shaping scientific discourse. Some of our favorites include “The Brief” (which we call “The Briefing” in the episode — sorry Michael et al) and “Journalology” (we discuss his paywall contemplations). We are also now an audio podcast ava…