EMERGENCY POD: Substack raises $100m... is this the end of newsletters?

Update: 2025-07-18

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Substack raises a $100m series C round of funding from top investors. What does this mean for the newsletter space? Should we all move to Substack now? Will they finally embrace ads?

Join Louis and Tyler for our first ever (excuse for an) "emergency pod", as we give our first impressions and hot takes on the news.

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