Based on some conversations today at #ijf25, some folks are having trouble doing tech assessments in their newsrooms. If that's you, here's an open source rubric I started that prompts some important questions that I think you should be asking. [github.com/benwerd/tech...](πŸ“ƒ.md ) [github.com/benwerd/techno...](πŸ“ƒ.md )
"A year after leaving Substack in early 2024, newsletter writers are making more money peddling their words on other platforms." Mostly Ghost and Beehiiv. #Media [Former Substack creators say t...](
Digiday
Former Substack creators say they’re earning more on new platforms that offer larger shares of subscription revenue
Former Substack writers who exited the platform in early 2024 are making more money on Beehiiv and Ghost thanks to their fixed pricing models.
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This is absurdly great, but I haven't read a single news article about it. A fully open source, offline-first alternative to Notion that's a collab between the French and German governments because they want to host docs securely and on their own terms. THIS is what Europe should be doing. [Docs](
Docs
Docs: Your new companion to collaborate on documents efficiently, intuitively, and securely.
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The original, exciting promise of the web was to redistribute publishing power from the few to the many. We need to return to that spirit of redistributed equity. [werd.io/2025/the-web...](
Ben Werdmuller
The web was always about redistribution of power. Let's bring that back.
It's time to rekindle the movement.
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Ben Werdmuller
The web was always about redistribution of power. Let's bring that back.
It's time to rekindle the movement.
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"Automattic confirmed to TechCrunch that when the migration is complete, every Tumblr user will be able to federate their blog via ActivityPub." I didn't realize this was still happening! #Fediverse [Tumblr to join the fediverse a...](
TechCrunch
Tumblr to join the fediverse after WordPress migration completes | TechCrunch
Since 2022, blogging site Tumblr has been teasing its plans to integrate with the fediverse -- the open social web powered by the protocol ActivityPub
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