Podcasts Technology Danny In The Valley Substack's Chris Best: "We knew we were walking into a firestorm

Substack's Chris Best: "We knew we were walking into a firestorm

Published: Dec. 18, 2020, 3 a.m.

b'The Sunday Times\\u2019 tech correspondent brings on Chris Best, founder of Substack, to talk about how he got started (6:40), newsletters v newspapers (11:20), Silicon Valley\\u2019s disgust with the media (13:10), helping writers make money (16:20), Substack\\u2019s top earner (22:00), the danger of hardening silos (25:40), giving writers more resources (30:55), the value of editors (34:10), how Substack makes money (38:25), following in Patreon\\u2019s footsteps (40:05), free versus paid (43:10), and his worst day of work (47:10).

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