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Jessica Lessin: Writers investing in Substack's equity crowdfunding won't make money
“And I do have to say, I think the, like, pattern of people being duped To think, like, equity is gonna be worth something in the vast majority of cases is very sad, so. I got very mad when, like, Substack tried to convince its writers to invest in Substack, be…”
Erin Foster says writers like the strike deal, but studios do not
“The writers that are working for me, they feel very good about the deal, and I think that, you know, writers have always felt really beholden to studios and networks, and it feels like the networks and studios are not happy about where we landed, and the write…”
Lessin: Writers must build niche communities and act as curators, not build GPTs
“I mean, the reality is people who, like, what the writers should be doing is building a rabid fan base around them and a specific niche that they own, where those people are gonna trust them, they're gonna, like, hear from them, they're gonna, like, care what …”