a16z Podcast

Writers Writing, Readers Reading, Creators Creating

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40:25 | Jan 27th, 2020

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with @cjgbest @robertcottrell @andrewchen @smc90 A new ecosystem is forming around the direct relationship between consumers, content creators, and the tools and business models to facilitate all tha...Show More



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mm recommended:Jan 28th, 2020

Subscription newsletter tools like Substack and Revue are all the rage nowadays. Its founder argues that because it’s based on a paid audience subscription model, it allows creators put out great quality work that they want to do because their fighting for audience trust vs eyeballs. That in turn is...Show More

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mmJan 28th, 2020

@jspinelle @michelle_ebooks Really interested to hear what you think about this episode about subscription newsletter tools and their impact for readers and writers 🤔 I have so many thoughts on some of the arguments made here.

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mmJan 28th, 2020

@danny Relevant

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jspinelleJan 28th, 2020

@mm I'm torn. On the one hand, I love that independent journalists and content creators can have a platform for their work. On the other, I worry about what we as a society are collectively missing when our information ecosystem is so heavily curated. I think we probably have too much mass media rig...Show More

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alicekoJan 29th, 2020

@shopceremonie About Substack and changing writing/content ecosystem

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mmJan 31st, 2020

@jspinelle I just listened to your PBC playlist review episode today and this episode was very much related. There are two things I’m struggling with for the argument that email subscriptions to a personality journalist is the way forward for news: 1. Equity for journalists: For subscription writi...Show More

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aliceko recommended:Feb 8th, 2020

Great exploration into the evolving ecosystem of content and writers. With the growth of subscription based podcasts, communities, and email lists - content creators and writers finally get a chance to actually own their own data, understand what readers want, and profit from it. Because back in the...Show More

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