Ryan Singel

I can only imagine what good folks like 404 Media, Tangle, The Lever and more could do splitting $20m in investment

It's really not that impressive. I bet it's not even profitable

How did Tangle get to 70k+ paid subscribers? The paid subscription system that Tangle and Outpost built together is yours for the taking

My case study on how Tangle made it to 70k+ paid subscribers by working with Outpost was a masterclass in running a media subscription business. That we handed out for FREE.

And yet...it had the lowest open rate in weeks. HOW COME?

ICYMI
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Bari Weiss Signs Huge Deal To Usher CBS News Into Its Vichy Era | Defector On Monday, newly appointed Paramount CEO David Ellison announced that his company had acquired the Free Press, the smirking blood-and-soil blog founded and run by former New York Times hall monitor Ba...

"Now that the Free Press deal has gone through and Weiss has taken one of the most powerful positions in American news, the richest people in the world will have taken big steps toward ushering in the toothless, acquiescent future of mainstream media they have always wanted."

Exclusive | CBS News taps Adam Rubenstein — once ostracized at NY Times for liking Chick-fil-A — as new deputy editor Sources expect Rubenstein will effectively run the Free Press now that Weiss will be busy steering the editorial direction of shows like “60 Minutes,” “Face The Nation” and …

crazy that one of the most storied institutions in american journalism is going to be run by two people with basically no experience to do it

Yoo, dammit

Lots of performative posts on this site. Meanwhile we grind every week for the last 3 years to tell stories in the US courts that no one else does. Decide to do more than performative posts, put your resources towards a news site that has a track record of impact.

www.CourtWatch.news/upgrade

Secret OLC memos have a nasty history

Just ask John Woo, who wrote the OLC torture memos in the "War on Terror" that pretended torture was legal

He should be in the Hague, but he kept his choice tenured professor job at UC Berkeley law school

Andreesen Horowitz (likely investing Saudi money)

Helped Musk buy Twitter
Put $85M into #Substack
Funded Bari Weiss
Is one of the TikTok buyout investors
Built $150M war chest to buy/threaten politicians, including sinking Katie Porter's Senate run
Hired the rightwing subway strangler David Perry

The Free Press is a right-wing VC-funded media site. Millions from Thiel and Andreesen Horowitz

Substack is a right-wing VC-funded platform. More than $85M from Andreesen Horowitz, plus more from Tucker Carlson backers.

Not reading or subscribing to anyone publishing there

How to leave Substack in 10 easy steps

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Y'all could actually be independent instead of working for Substack. Happy to help you join the actual Indies like 404 Media and The Lever.

Drop us a note. Consultation is free, bb!

When He’s Not Busy Censoring Comedians, Brendan Carr Is Eliminating Free Wi-Fi For Poor Rural School Kids Brendan Carr has received ample attention for his recent failed attempt to ban a comedian and trample the First Amendment, something he’s facing several fledgling investigations over. But tha…

just a reminder that FCC boss Brendan Carr is constantly doing terrible things that are every bit as bad as censoring comedians yet somehow get a tiny fraction of the attention

A Monday morning reminder to support @blackskyweb.xyz, @transrights.northsky.social, @slices.network, and anyone else building AppViews/AppView infra. We need redundant spaces yesterday, and these folks are doing the legwork to make it happen.

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

I am just so fucking proud of her.

It sure looked like Greg Bovino was in charge of the Illinois State Police yesterday in Broadview. Still waiting to hear back from Pritzker's office on this.

also, in keeping with Vance’s view of american identity, only white people are fully American with the right to critique or dissent. nonwhites must show proper gratitude (supporting Trump or marrying JD Vance) before they can speak critically of the country (in approved ways, of course)

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LOL, tell me you don't know anything about Gavin Newsom, without telling me you don't know anything about him.

What a dark day for press freedom in the United States

Literally last week every MAGA idiot around was insisting, loudly, how terrible it was that the Biden admin pressured YouTube to remove COVID misinfo, even as YouTube said it ignored the pressure. Those same folks will either be silent or cheer this on:

Turns out there is a real.use for the PACER slush fund!

BREAKING: Mario Guevara, the Atlanta-based Spanish-language journalist who was arrested covering an anti-Trump protest, has been transported to a Louisiana immigration facility, from where his family said he will be deported to El Salvador tomorrow at 11 a.m.

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Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Agreed and I'd add I think this started with Stanford capitulating to Jim Jordan over social media research.

That established the playbook.

Update on "Who Goes Nazi"
"MAGA appeals to people who need to feel special, who need enemies to blame, who need simple answers to complex problems. It attracts those who mistake confidence for competence, who confuse being loud with being right, who think that admitting uncertainty is weakness."

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We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Sliding scale? Keep sliding