whoever figures out a way to bundle independent journalism subscriptions will be a hero
i know that this is an unpopular take, but everyone starting their own newsletter as a revenue stream is not a sustainable model for writing and reporting or for people who love and want to pay for media.
Feb 4, 2026 20:05if you figure it out, @ me
"that's just a newspaper"
"that's just a magazine"
"just form a co-op, it's easy"
no, it's not, and you're driving me nuts.
the idea is to pay one fee to have access to separate publications. if it were easy, we would've done it already.
"this exists"
no it doesn't
"it won't work"
bye
"here's why that's a bad idea"
also bye
i've run my own thing for almost four years and there's a lot i don't know but i've learned some shit. i think a bundle subscription would be a net positive for independent journalism.
100%
I went with the Philadelphia Inquirer. I like Will Bunch a lot.
and tools. Like, if a group of independent journalists could share access to an editor, or a lawyer. I know people are gonna be like "that's a newspaper!" and it could be. But an arrangement that allowed for flexible, ad-hoc resource sharing and collaboration is not a newspaper.
I've often thought this, like an aggregator journalists can sign up for, people can subscribe to.
rare case when "who's building that?" isn't just a bad meme
I got that one! it's called "Time Magazine in 1960."
i'm TRYING
