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TODAY IN TASTELAND: Charles Broskoski joins Daisy and I to talk about Are.na's slow, sustainable business model, the culture Are.na creates, profound bathroom graffiti, life-changing "nodal points," and email signoffs: Give it a listen, just search Tasteland wherever you listen to podcasts.
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“I had no benefits. I was a contracted employee, but I was getting paid to talk about and write about football.” Spoke to Theodore Lloyd-Hughes about — 🥅 His Squad Depth newsletter and podcast 💰 How much money is in women's soccer vs. men's soccer 🗞️ The line between creator and journalist ⚽️ Building a career in soccer journalism All in this week's Creator Spotlight —
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TODAY IN TASTELAND: Daisy and I discuss "cozytech," tiny smartphones that aren't phones, $35 lobster rolls, car crash music, kid football journalists imitating the 123rd-most-followed Twitter user, and we guess each other's height. Listen: https://lnkd.in/gD6cXg98
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CHANGE MY MIND: Torrents were a very good top-of-funnel marketing tool for Adobe. Turned pre-professional young people into designers who would pay for the product once they could sell their skills. Full interview: https://lnkd.in/exgB5KxS
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Our founder Sean Devlin got together with the newsletter and podcast Creator Spotlight to chat about Nice News — including the inspiration for bringing positive stories to the inbox every day, how we scaled subscribers and became profitable, and what goes into producing our daily content with such a lean team. Check out the writeup from host Francis Zierer and watch the full conversation at the link below!
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Spoke with Cole Derochie for this week's Creator Spotlight. He's been publishing the excellent Today in Design newsletter for 1 year now, building an audience of 5,000 subscribers in that time, totally organically. Podcast out now! Newsletter out tomorrow.
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Look how a trend implodes — very mindful, very demure. I first learned about "demure" from Casey Lewis excellent After School newsletter last week. Opened Instagram and immediately saw two Reels riffing on it. We spoke about it on the pod this week.
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Our Entrepreneur In Residence, Sean Devlin, founder of Nice News, is featured in Creator Spotlight. Discover how he grew Nice News to 820k subscribers in just 3 years! 🚀📈 Read the interview attached: #NiceNews #Optimism #PardonVentures
Grateful to be featured in Creator Spotlight! Francis Zierer and I had the chance to chat about all things Nice News, including our growth tactics, approach to brand partnerships, and process for producing each daily edition with a lean team. Check out the write-up and listen to our full conversation for more. 🙂
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TODAY IN TASTELAND: Marissa Daisy Firke and I are joined by Casey Lewis to talk about the blurred line between amateur and professional writing online, “aesthetic” culture, Casey’s new podcast, and Tumblr.
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Wrote about Nice News for today’s Creator Spotlight — you know where to find it! Found this one fascinating, it’s a really impressive operation.