Casey Newton
Casey Newton | |
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Born | |
Education | B.S.J., Northwestern University |
Occupation | Journalist |
Website | cnewton |
Casey Newton (born June 19, 1980) is an American technology journalist,[2] a former senior editor at The Verge,[3] and the founder of, and writer for, the Platformer newsletter.[2]
Career
Newton had been covering the
In 2020, he left to create his own freemium newsletter on Substack called Platformer,[6][2][11] with the paid subscription costing US$10 per month.[4] Substack incentivized authors with advances, which Newton turned down, but accepted healthcare stipends.[2] As of January 2024[update], Platformer had 170,000 subscribers to the free edition.[12] In January 2024, Newton decided to move Platformer off Substack to Ghost, in response to Substack's policies and handling of pro-Nazi publications on its platform.[13]
In late 2022, he began a weekly technology news
Personal life
Casey Newton was born on June 19, 1980.[16][6] Newton is gay[17] and lives in San Francisco.[16] He graduated from Northwestern University in 2002 with a Bachelor of Journalism.[18]
References
- ^ Roose, Kevin; Newton, Casey (September 8, 2023). "Escape From Burning Man + Musk vs. the A.D.L. + Listener Questions". The New York Times (Podcast). Retrieved September 9, 2023.
I don't know what prep school you went to, but on the mean streets of La Habra, California, they offered Spanish and French.
- ^ 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.
- ISBN 9780133259674.
- ^ New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
- 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.
- ISBN 9781637424193.
- ISBN 9780593135839.
- New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
- ^ Peters, Jay (January 11, 2024). "Substack keeps the Nazis, loses Platformer". The Verge. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
- New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
- New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
- ^ a b "Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton)". Twitter. 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.
External links
- Official website
- Casey Newton on Twitter