Peter Kafka

Peter Kafka @pkafka

This is the legal version of all the Trump orbit people telling all the wised-reporters that he was in on the joke the whole time. Hilarious, right? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DelRey: Recode (and Capitol Forum) reported in January that Lina Khan was a frontrunner for a FTC commissioner nomination from Biden. T… — PolitiTweet.org

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@ClaraJeffery Per @ProfEmilyOster https://t.co/VamfCktZ2z — PolitiTweet.org

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@ClaraJeffery Late 2021 maybe? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jenszalai: This might be the first time I've seen an establishment politician use the word "humane" as a pejorative, without even the p… — PolitiTweet.org

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Epic’s value has increased by $10 billion since Apple kicked Fortnite out of its App Store. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Techmeme: Source: Epic Games is finalizing a $1B round at a ~$28B valuation, following a $1.78B round at a $17.3B valuation in July 202… — PolitiTweet.org

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@moorehn @pedsscrub @tomgara They absolutely can/do reply. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KristineSimon: Good interview with Ted Sarandos Co-CEO of @netflix, and ⁦@kimmasters⁩ doesn’t shy away from the question about viewersh… — PolitiTweet.org

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Who radicalized them? — PolitiTweet.org

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@moorehn @tomgara Yes we are getting to the same thing. Though wouldn’t be the first media ecosystem that rewards people you don’t like or I don’t like. And, also, again, this debate is more complicated when you look at the success of people doing different stuff like @JuddLegum. — PolitiTweet.org

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@moorehn @tomgara What I’m saying is that is the system they are using so it’s not surprising if they lean toward people who engender strong reactions. — PolitiTweet.org

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@aysrick That makes sense. (Also as Substack CEO has pointed out, platform was initially known as a crypto-heavy place) — PolitiTweet.org

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@moorehn @tomgara But even there it doesn’t track 100% because simply being a successful Twitter persona is different (I would guess) from convincing people to pay you a monthly fee. — PolitiTweet.org

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@moorehn @tomgara The deal that was described to me was almost exactly the same as the one Matt described. Fwiw I think your systemic critique should really be directed at Twitter, because success/engagement there is what Substack uses to guesstimate a writer’s chance of succeeding on Substack. — PolitiTweet.org

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@moorehn @tomgara Sorry I’ll try again: The person I’m talking about who was offered a pro deal was not Heather Cox Richardson. It was someone who did not accept the deal and doesn’t write on substack. I have no idea if HCR got a pro deal. — PolitiTweet.org

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@moorehn @tomgara If your argument is that only a certain kind of person succeeds on substack that’s something else. — PolitiTweet.org

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@moorehn @tomgara And again, I don’t know who substack is recruiting (and only have guesstimates about who is succeeding there). But I would be surprised if they weren’t actively trying to recruit a range of people, at least in part to neuter that criticism. — PolitiTweet.org

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@moorehn @tomgara 🤷‍♂️ impossible to assess unless you know who they are offering $ to. As I mentioned in my piece, the person I know who was offered one one of these does not fit the description of the men you’re talking about. — PolitiTweet.org

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@semper_nemo I wrote about Matt’s deal. He has as well. He has a pretty reasonable take on it: He capped his upside (for a year) in return for security. Has Greenwald said whether Substack offered him cash? If not then he is keeping 90 percent. — PolitiTweet.org

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@cwarzel @mims I don’t think it has to be an either/or. (And of course you probably pay some Macedonians to make it for you, though they probably would drive a hard bargain.) — PolitiTweet.org

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@moorehn @tomgara Point is that people who Substack recruits/pays may or may not be different than people Substack users pay. Probably pretty different, but we don’t know, for now. — PolitiTweet.org

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Fascinating guesstimates of top Substack writers’ sub counts and gross revenue. — PolitiTweet.org

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@moorehn @tomgara It would be fascinating to know who substack is recruiting with pro deals and it would also be fascinating to know who substack readers are rewarding. — PolitiTweet.org

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@moorehn @tomgara But the point of that passage isn’t the deal that substack gave him but the amount that substack subscribers are spending on him. And, fwiw, the highest grossing substack author (as of late last year) is a woman. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @lpolgreen: Yes. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MarkLevineNYC: Major expansion in vaccine access in NYC: ==> Pharmacies are now vaccinating people w/ underlying conditions. 1000s of… — PolitiTweet.org

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@alligoldberg @Jason @mattyglesias @SubstackInc @Ghost Maybe you can become the first substack/revue/ghost/Facebook agent/manager! — PolitiTweet.org

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@alligoldberg @Jason @mattyglesias @SubstackInc @Ghost He does have upside. He keeps 15% beyond his $250 and a year after the deal he keeps 90%. It’s a hedge/collar where both sides do well. As he says. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Jason @mattyglesias @SubstackInc @Ghost Here is Matt’s take, which seems quite reasonable: He left money on the table in return for a guarantee. Win win. (And here’s my story: https://t.co/wEiB8OJIE1) — PolitiTweet.org