Casey Newton: Difference between revisions

Newton had been covering the [[Arizona State Legislature]] for ''[[The Arizona Republic]]'', with an interest in technology as a hobby. KristinKristen Go, a former coworker at ''The Arizona Republic'', invited him to work at the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' to cover [[tech companies]] and new technology.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Goodykoontz |first=Bill |date=March 20, 2022 |title=How a former Arizona Reporter Launched Silicon Valley's Most Coveted Newsletter |work=[[The Arizona Republic]] |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/media/2022/03/20/platformer-how-casey-newton-went-local-arizona-news-tech-guru/7097125001/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=November 18, 2022}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Later, he was a blogger and senior writer for [[CNET]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Diamond |first=Stephanie |title=The Visual Marketing Revolution |publisher=[[Pearson Education]] |year=2013 |isbn=9780133259674 |pages=288 |author-link=Stephanie Diamond}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> until 2013. Afterward, between 2013 and 2020, he covered [[Silicon Valley]] at ''The Verge''<ref name="substack">{{Cite news |last=Tracy |first=Marc |author-link=Marc Tracy |date=September 23, 2020 |title=Journalists Are Leaving the Noisy Internet for Your Email Inbox |work=[[New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/business/media/substack-newsletters-journalists.html |access-date=November 17, 2022}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> and became a senior editor.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Ingram |first=Mathew |date=August 14, 2019 |title=Casey Newton on dismantling the platforms and taking Facebook's cash |url=https://www.cjr.org/the_new_gatekeepers/casey-newton-interview.php |access-date=November 17, 2022 |website=[[Columbia Journalism Review]]}}</ref> During his time at ''The Verge'', he wrote a daily newsletter called ''The Interface''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Isaac |first=Mike |date=March 19, 2019 |title=The New Social Network That Isn't New at All |work=[[New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/19/technology/new-social-network-email-newsletter.html |access-date=November 17, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 15, 2020 |title='Something really important is happening': Casey Newton on going solo with a paid newsletter |url=https://whatsnewinpublishing.com/something-really-important-is-happening-casey-newton-on-going-solo-with-a-paid-newsletter/ |access-date=November 17, 2022 |website=What’s New in Publishing {{!}} Digital Publishing News}}</ref> His reporting on the effects of content moderation on workers (resulting in [[PTSD]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=McClennan |first=Mark W. |title=Ethical Voices |publisher=Business Expert Press |isbn=9781637424193 |chapter=Competition|date=16 November 2022 }}</ref>) has led to a contracting company cutting ties with [[Facebook]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hertz |first=Noreena |title=The Lonely Century |url=https://wwwbooks.google.com/books/edition/The_Lonely_Century/jXISEAAAQBAJ?hlid=en&gbpv=1jXISEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA308 |publisher=Crown |year=2021 |isbn=9780593135839 |pages=308 |author-link=Noreena Hertz}}</ref>

In 2020, he left to create his own [[freemium]] newsletter on [[Substack]] called ''Platformer'',<ref name="substack" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite magazine |last=Wiener |first=Anna |date=December 28, 2020 |title=Is Substack the Media Future We Want? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/04/is-substack-the-media-future-we-want |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |access-date=November 18, 2022}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Ben |author-link=Ben Smith (journalist) |date=April 11, 2021 |title=Why We're Freaking Out About Substack |work=[[New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/11/business/media/substack-newsletter-competition.html |access-date=November 17, 2022}}</ref> with the paid subscription costing {{US$|10}} per month.<ref name=":1" /> Substack incentivized authors with [[Advance payment|advances]], which Newton turned down, but accepted healthcare stipends.<ref name=":2" /> {{As of|2024|January}}, ''Platformer'' had 170,000 subscribers to the free edition.<ref>{{Cite news |lastlast1=Lorenz |firstfirst1=Taylor |last2=Oremus |first2=Will |date=January 12, 2024 |title=Substack's woes deepen as tech blog leaves over Nazi content |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/01/11/substack-platformer-nazis/ |access-date=January 12, 2024 |worknewspaper=[[Washington Post]] |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> In January 2024, Newton decided to move ''Platformer'' off Substack to Ghost, in response to Substack's policies and handling of pro-[[Nazism|Nazi]] publications on its platform.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Peters |first=Jay |date=January 11, 2024 |title=Substack keeps the Nazis, loses Platformer |url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/11/24035338/substack-nazis-platformer-newsletter-switch-to-ghost |access-date=January 12, 2024 |website=[[The Verge]]}}</ref>

Casey Newton was born on June 19, 1980.<ref name="twitterbio">{{Cite web |title=Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) |url=https://twitter.com/caseynewton |access-date=November 17, 2022 |website=Twitter}}</ref><ref name="substack" /> Newton is [[gay]]<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1593324501541888000|user=CaseyNewton|title=Ugh now I have to go back to telling people I’mI'm gay the old fashioned way (changing my profile pic to the NOH8 one from 2009)|author=Casey Newton|date=November 17, 2022|access-date=November 17, 2022}}</ref> and lives in [[San Francisco]].<ref name="twitterbio" /> He graduated from [[Northwestern University]] in 2002 with a [[Bachelor of Journalism]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cramer |first=Jude |date=October 26, 2020 |title=Q&A with Casey Newton (BSJ02), Founder of Platformer |url=https://magazine.medill.northwestern.edu/2020/qa-with-casey-newton-bsj02-founder-of-platformer/ |access-date=November 17, 2022 |website=Northwestern Alumni Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>