New factions in the GOP; when the NRA isn't enough; and a "No Compromise" strategy for all.

Ben Smith is the media columnist for The New York Times. He was the founding editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News. “I do think there's some kind of personality flaw deep in there of wanting to like, you know, find stuff out and tell people.... I'm

After a decade covering the Zucks, Googles, and Ubers of the scene, the Verge editor in chief reflects on tech’s troublesome relationship with the rest of the world.

On behalf of the EUNOMIA project, in which I represent Mastodon, I am happy to announce that after nearly 3 years of development there is now a public pilot for the Mastodon community. But first, what is EUNOMIA and who is EUNOMIA? EUNOMIA is a “digital companion” for social media, a set of additional functions that aim to combat the spread of misinformation by helping you critically analyze social media posts before re-sharing them.

Apple News will now offer its local news experience in Charlotte, Miami, and Washington, D.C.

Negative reviews have been sidelined in an era of commercial pressures and microscenes that celebrate themselves, but criticism is sometimes the only way to reflect the full complexity of music. By Britt Brown

Selling the story of disinformation

On the new Culture podcast "The Review," our Atlantic staff writers break down the Emmy-winning soccer sitcom and its much-discussed second season.

Superfans of productivity apps like Notion and Microsoft Excel are building careers off of them.

A few days after Gov. Mike Parson accused a St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter of hacking a state website, hundreds of Sinclair Broadcast Group television stations fell victim to a ransomware attack. One of these was a cyberattack, one was reporting. We’ll distinguish between the two. And, is the other shoe about to drop on Facebook? We’ll talk about how the company’s communications team is responding to another set of leaked documents. From Missouri School of Journalism professors Amy Simons, Earnest Perry and Kathy Kiely: Views of the News.

This month, we’re introducing the first in a series of writer residencies designed to give established writers a place to share knowledge and inspire the Substack community.

Discussing effecting change, the SEO MBA and more

Inside Alden Global Capital

The RZA is one of the godfathers of hip-hop and leader of the Wu-Tang Clan. Naturally, we invited him on to ask him three questions about Tang, one of the godfathers of powdered orange drinks.

Redeeming the endless, unreadable novel that Slack wrings from our working lives

He understands if you are delighted by his return to TV. But like the subjects he'll cover on Apple's 'The Problem With Jon Stewart,' his comeback is a little more complicated: "It’s 'The Daily Show,' but less entertaining — but also maybe more complete."

Genius (née Rap Genius) wanted to "annotate the world" and give your content a giant comment section you can't control. Now it can't pay back its investors.

In the age of streaming, public libraries offer small-scale alternatives for local archiving.

I hadn't seen this from Matt when it first came out last month, but it hit me timely today: When tech oversteps its mandate as a too...

Snap Inc. is a camera company. Our products empower people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.

The comfort offered by conspiracy is more visceral than that offered by political affiliation. Conspiracy is politics heightened.

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One influencer was able to snag free meals for two weeks straight.

Internal data shows Gimlet's listening hours are lagging compared to Spotify's other recent podcast studio acquisitions, The Ringer and Parcast.

A roundtable on addressing the structural breakdown of media

Rural adults are less likely than suburban adults to have home broadband and less likely than urban adults to own a smartphone, tablet or computer.

This is really niche, I know, but if you are lurking on tech Twitter and want to start growing an audience via social media, writing, or video, I have one piece of advice I’d give to everyone: make your content additive, not negative. I don’t mean to say

In a media world increasingly dominated by subscriptions, the money is flowing but very unevenly.