Watch our Media Society debate on Zoom to discuss the rise of Newsletters - and how they are changing the world of journalism and communication.
Platforms such as Substack have transformed the newsletter business - making it one of the biggest growing new media areas in recent years.
Many high-profile journalists have left legacy media outlets to set up their own newsletters. Newsletters are also being seen as a saviour for local media.
But how do you launch and grow a successful newsletter? Are we reaching a saturation point in subscriptions? And what about accuracy and fairness?
The event was chaired by the President of the Media Society, Nigel Dacre.
Our Panel
Stephen Bush
One of the most influential newsletter writers in the UK, writes the Financial Times Inside Politics newsletter. He previously worked for the i newspaper, the New Statesman, and the Daily Telegraph.
At each, he helped build hugely successful newsletter brands and became a must-read for those in Westminster and beyond.
Doomberg
A finance newsletter published on Substack by a group of entrepreneurs. It has grown to become one of the most widely read finance newsletters, and one of the highest revenue-generating publications on the platform.
They do not reveal their names, so one of the team appeared behind an image of their trademark logo.
Charlotte Tobitt
The highly respected UK Editor at the Press Gazette, who has written extensively about the newsletter business.
The Press Gazette have their own Substack newsletter, as well as their main website.