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How Substack delivered its users onto Apple

How Substack delivered its users onto Apple

With the forced introduction of Apple in-app payments, the Substack enshittification process is complete for publishers.

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We've been thinking about Substack all wrong

We've been thinking about Substack all wrong

The company that promised a new paradigm looks a whole lot like the old one

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A photographer inside Nazi Germany's largest POW camp

A photographer inside Nazi Germany's largest POW camp

Stalag VII-A was liberated 80 years ago today.

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Meditation apps won't cure workplace stress

Meditation apps won't cure workplace stress

Burnout happens when the demands of a job and the resources allocated to it are out of balance. Self-care won't help with that.

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Leadership
This is journalism's largest exit interview

This is journalism's largest exit interview

27 journalists (for now) on why they stopped working in news

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Leadership
The management tool too many newsrooms lack

The management tool too many newsrooms lack

A career ladder is a roadmap to promotion.

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Leadership
Borderline, a podcast for defiant global citizens

Borderline, a podcast for defiant global citizens

Borderline is a (now concluded) podcast with 50+ in-depth interviews exploring lives lived across borders, immigration and globalisation. Guests included Jose Antonio Vargas, Amelia Gentleman, Ian Bremmer, Dina Nayeri, Wade Davis, Qian Julie Wang, Felix Marquardt, Ian Dunt, Geoffrey Cain and many more. Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify

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What does a job offer that self-employment does not?

What does a job offer that self-employment does not?

And other thoughts prompted by the Changing Newsrooms 2023 report

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