THE LONG TAIL
LATEST EPISODE · MARCH 26, 2026
Episode 047 — The Substack Bar Mitzvah
Ten years into the paid-newsletter era. Nora and Sam talk to Casey Newton about who's still here, who left, and what the next ten years of the creator economy actually look like. Plus: a brief defense of the cold open.
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