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Paramount is acquiring The Free Press, an independent media publication started on Substack. As part of the deal, Paramount is installing The Free Press’ founder, Bari Weiss, as the editor-in-chief of ...

Trump first-term official Miles Taylor on Tuesday highlighted a “blink-and-you’ll-miss-it” line from Donald Trump that he said serves as an “ominous” warning about the president’s ongoing attacks on ...

Early this year, weight care company Found Health reached out to Emily Sundberg, the author of business newsletter Feed Me, inquire about sponsoring one of her daily sends on Substack. She and the ...

This is an edition of the newsletter Pulling Weeds With Chris Black, in which the columnist weighs in on hot topics in culture. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Thursday. Substack, the ...