Ep. 30: Lifestyle over empire ft. Caitlin Dewey

This week Francis is joined by Caitlin Dewey, creator and writer of the newsletter Links I Would G-Chat You If We Were Friends. Caitlin's Newsletter: https://linksiwouldgchatyou.substack.com 00:00 Introducing Caitlin Dewey 03:27 The Birth of the Newsletter 06:16 Taking a Break and the Pressure of a Rebrand 13:36 Building a Community With Readers 17:53 Building a Good Salary From Subscriptions 19:49 The Definition of Creators vs. Journalists 27:42 Bring Back Comfortable Middle Class Lifestyles 32:59 Collaboration in the Newsletter Community 37:37 The Painful Art of Content Planning 43:21 Substack's Shift in Business Model 50:13 The Craft of an Aggregation Newsletter 53:19 Fake News Is Now Just News #podcast #creatoreconomy #newsletter