Episode notes
Kate Lindsay is a freelance writer and newsletter editor whose own newsletter, Embedded, is pushing 35k subscribers. She's one of the best people out there writing about the internet for the internet. This is an episode about why more newsletters should be run by two people, an indie newsletter born from a shuttered publication, and paying NYC rent with premium newsletter subscriptions.
00:00 Who is Kate and what is Embedded?
05:33 How Embedded evolved from a killed publication
09:56 Kate's other projects (as a newsletter editor and writer)
13:35 Blowing up with the Millennial Pause
16:44 Being an editor vs. a writer
19:09 What is a newsletter? What is a creator?
27:42 The stats — how to grow a newsletter
34:22 Are creators the new journalists?
38:49 Advice for online creators
Keywords
NewsletterCreator economyJournalismInternet culture