Similarly, The Washington Post reported last month that Slow Boring, the newsletter run by Vox co-founder Matthew Yglesias, has at least 13,000 paying subscribers, which would mean his Substack generates at least $1.04m. Yglesias was originally tempted to the platform with a $250,000 up-front payment (offset by Substack taking 85% of his first year’s subscription revenue). According to Press Gazette’s analysis, Slow Boring should also earn at least $800,000 annually before Substack’s 10% fee.
I knew he was a brunch liberal but I didn’t know he made a million dollars a year from spewing garbage. Why the fuck am I even going to college instead of just being a grown man with the brain of a child who sits at the adult table and thinks he’s mature?
Is there anything Matthew Yglesias doesn’t not understand? Such a prolific and well-compensated nonunderstander of things.
Top 27 highest-earning Substack newsletters generate over $22m a year
I knew he was a brunch liberal but I didn’t know he made a million dollars a year from spewing garbage. Why the fuck am I even going to college instead of just being a grown man with the brain of a child who sits at the adult table and thinks he’s mature?
There’s a niche neoliberal
corporate media position that people like Matt Yglesias, Esra Klein, David Brooks, and Thomas Friedman fill.
I need to hop on that fr
Just get a lobotomy
Dont forget the powerful family connections
Real People pay for substack?
I do.