When they launched Substack, Best and his cofounders, Hamish McKenzie and Jairaj Sethi, drew comparisons with newspaper impresarios from 200 years ago, saying their innovation was of equal importance.

Is Substack Notes a ‘Twitter clone’? We asked CEO Chris Best. Can Substack handle the wrath of Elon Musk and the pain of content moderation?

(Substack doesn’t even handle the latter part; it uses Stripe.) ... Best has said Substack is a platform, not a media company. Yet it launched promising “a better future for news.” ...

Substack has taken advantage of a new model for the internet, where subscriptions for content are increasingly becoming the norm. The website is the current king of paid newsletters, where writers ...

We are still trying to figure out the best way to handle extremism on the internet. But of all the ways we’ve tried so far, Substack is working the best. Apr 24, 2023 ...

I have a good friend who is a known local artist, and I try to support my friend’s work whenever possible. Usually this means attending events as a friend and cheerleader.