Yesterday, the newsletter platform announced the launch of a $20 million fund to help creators move their paying audience over from competitors like Patreon, Supercast, and Circle.

The company announced Thursday it’s launching a $20 million “creator accelerator fund,” promising content creators they won’t lose revenue by jumping ship to Substack. Creators in the program also get “strategic and business support” from Substack, and early access to new features.

We keep an eye out for the most interesting stories about Labby subjects: digital media, startups, the web, journalism, strategy, and more. Here’s some of what we’ve seen lately.

Substack has attracted thousands of independent writers, journalists, and creators over the last few years by allowing them to monetize their content through paid newsletters. It might be about to attract a lot more.

Jim Acosta announced his new venture Tuesday — hours after signing off as a CNN anchor with an anti-Trump rant.

After a 20-year long career at CNN, news anchor Jim Acosta and longtime critic of President Donald Trump announced he is leaving the network.

Ex-CNN anchor Jim Acosta promoted his new Substack account following his exit from CNN, describing the move as a “new venture” for him. Acosta announced his departure from CNN during the final episode of his show,

Substack on Thursday announced the launch of its Creator Accelerator Fund, which provides a $20 million funding guarantee aimed at helping creators grow Substack launched its creator accelerator fund,

First Word On Horror is a new 15-part documentary about horror fiction featuring interviews with five major current writers of the genre.

British comedy icon, John Cleese, is making moves. Cleese has suggested he plans on leaving X, formerly known as Twitter. And it’s because of the people there, it seems, as well as the platform’s owner.

Jim Acosta, just hours after announcing his exit from CNN, said he was joining Substack on Tuesday afternoon. Acosta joins a growing list of high-profile media figures to join the media platform — which has become a go-to option for independent writers and creators.

While Republican senators worked to protect Kash Patel from answering some ver-wee hard questions at his confirmation hearing, not one of them had the audacity to suggest that he is the best person to lead the FBI.