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Revision as of 07:14, 5 January 2023
Casey Newton | |
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| Born | June 19, 1980[1][2] |
| Education | B.S.J., Northwestern University |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Website | cnewton |
Casey Newton is an American technology journalist,[3] a former senior editor at The Verge,[4] and the founder and editor of a technology newsletter called Platformer.[3]
Career
Newton had been covering the Arizona State Legislature for The Arizona Republic, with an interest in technology as a hobby. Kristin Go, a former coworker at The Arizona Republic, invited him to work at the San Francisco Chronicle to cover tech companies and new technology, which Newton accepted.[5][4] He worked as a blogger[6] and senior writer for CNET[4] until 2013. Afterward, between 2013 and 2020, he covered Silicon Valley at The Verge[1][3] and became a senior editor.[4] In addition, he authored a daily newsletter called The Interface,[7] which had grown to 20,000 subscribers.[8] In 2020, he left to create his own newsletter on Substack called Platformer.[1][3][9] Substack incentivized authors with advances, which Newton turned down, but accepted healthcare stipends.[3] As of March 2022[update] there were 54,000 subscribers to the free edition, with the paid subscription costing US$10 per month.[5] Newton and a few other newsletter writers established a Discord server for all of their subscribers.[9] Then, in late 2022, he began a technology news podcast for the New York Times, called Hard Fork, co-hosting with Kevin Roose.[10]
He has been independently described by Roose as having "opinions [that] hold sway among social media executives".[11]
His reporting on the effects of content moderation on workers (resulting in PTSD)[12] has led to a contracting company cutting ties with Facebook.[13] Through his coverage of the acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk, at least two Twitter employees learned that they had been laid off.[14][15]
Personal life
Casey Newton was born on June 19, 1980.[2][1] Newton is gay.[16] He graduated from Northwestern University in 2002 with a Bachelor of Journalism.[17] He lives in San Francisco.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d Tracy, Marc (September 23, 2020). "Journalists Are Leaving the Noisy Internet for Your Email Inbox". New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
- ^ a b c Newton, Casey. "Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) / Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Wiener, Anna (December 28, 2020). "Is Substack the Media Future We Want?". The New Yorker. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- ^ a b c d Ingram, Mathew (August 14, 2019). "Casey Newton on dismantling the platforms and taking Facebook's cash". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
- ^ a b Goodykoontz, Bill (March 20, 2022). "How a former Arizona Reporter Launched Silicon Valley's Most Coveted Newsletter". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- ^ Diamond, Stephanie (2013). The Visual Marketing Revolution. Pearson Education. p. 288. ISBN 9780133259674.
- ^ Issac, Mike (March 19, 2019). "The New Social Network That Isn't New at All". New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
- ^ "'Something really important is happening': Casey Newton on going solo with a paid newsletter". What’s New in Publishing | Digital Publishing News. October 15, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
- ^ a b Smith, Ben (April 11, 2021). "Why We're Freaking Out About Substack". New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
- ^ Linder, Emmett; Diamond, Sarah (October 28, 2022). "A Podcast for an Ever-Changing Tech Industry". New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
- ^ Roose, Kevin (January 7, 2021). "The President Is Losing His Platforms". New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
- ^ McClennan, Mark W. (16 November 2022). "Competition". Ethical Voices. Business Expert Press. ISBN 9781637424193.
- ^ Hertz, Noreena (2021). The Lonely Century. Crown. p. 308. ISBN 9780593135839.
- ^ "Twitter contract workers learn they have been fired by reading tweets of others". Moneycontrol. November 14, 2022. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
- ^ Wituschek, Joe (November 14, 2022). "Elon Musk has laid off thousands of Twitter contractors". BGR. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
- ^ Casey Newton [@CaseyNewton] (November 17, 2022). "Ugh now I have to go back to telling people I'm gay the old fashioned way (changing my profile pic to the NOH8 one from 2009)" (Tweet). Retrieved November 17, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ Cramer, Jude (October 26, 2020). "Q&A with Casey Newton (BSJ02), Founder of Platformer". Northwestern Alumni Magazine. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
