Timeline of Substack
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This is a timeline of Substack, a United States online platform that provides users with tools to publish paid (or free) subscription newsletters.
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Big picture
| Time period | Development summary | More details |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Substack grows in prominence as several well-known opinion journalists abandon their longtime employers to start their own subscriptions on the platform.[1] |
Full timeline
| Year | Month and date | Event type | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | May | Initial launch | Substack is launched by Chris Best, Jairaj Sethi, and Hamish McKenzie[2] with the mission to make it simple to start publications that make money from subscriptions.[3] |
| 2018 | May 1 | Funding | Substack raises US$2 million in seed funding.[4] |
| 2019 | February | Service | Substack launches audio content support for creators who want to sell podcast subscriptions to their audience.[5] |
| 2020 | December 28 | Review | Anna Wiener at the The New Yorker writes that while "Substack has advertised itself as a friendly home for journalism, [...] few of its newsletters publish original reporting; the majority offer personal writing, opinion pieces, research, and analysis."[6] |
| 2021 | March 24 | Review | Eric Levitz publishes article titled Substack Is a Scam in the Same Way That All Media Is.[1] |
| 2021 | May 30 | Funding | Substack confirms US$65 million raise in new venture capital funding that values the company at around US$650 million. Andreessen Horowitz leads the investor round.[7][8] |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Levitz, Eric (24 March 2021). "Substack Is a Scam in the Same Way That All Media Is". Intelligencer.
- ↑ "Substack History: An Overview of Substack". Blogging Guide. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ↑ "Chris Best". linkedin.com. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ↑ Kokalitcheva, Kia. "Substack raises $2 million to prove newsletters can help media". Axios. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ↑ Botticello, Casey (21 June 2021). "What is Substack?". Substack Writing.
- ↑ Nast, Condé (21 December 2020). "Is Substack the Media Future We Want?". The New Yorker. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ↑ Primack, Kia Kokalitcheva,Dan. "Substack raising $65 million in venture capital amid newsletter boom". Axios. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ↑ "Substack confirms $65M raise, promises to 'rapidly' expand its financial backing of newly independent writers". TechCrunch. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
