Welcome to the Substack era – where big-name journalists and pundits go independent at unprecedented rates as our political terrain remains rough as ever.

When the last local daily newspaper in London, the Evening Standard, switched to a weekly in 2024, a number of startups launched to fill the void in local journalism in the United Kingdom’s capital.

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Sophie Grace Clark is a Live News reporter based in London, with a focus on crime stories. She has also covered politics and entertainment extensively. Sophie joined Newsweek in 2024 from a ...

I've been testing Substack for the last couple of months for some personal projects, and I also wanted to keep up with my close friends' and relatives' newsletters. Initially, I found it hard to ...

Jim Acosta, the frequent Donald Trump antagonist who was all but pushed out by CNN earlier this year, may not be the type of person you’d suspect would be a hit on Substack. In fact, when he ...

Journalism isn’t just old-school newspapers and stuffy newsrooms anymore — it’s thriving in so many different ways. And one of those ways is via Substack. If you haven’t heard of Substack before (I ...