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2022
Substack announces its iOS reading app
Substack announced the launch of Substack Reader, an iOS app that brings users’ Substack subscriptions together for reading.
2021
Substack acquires People & Company
Substack announced that it had acquired Brooklyn-based community consulting startup People & Company; the team would work on community-building efforts and programs for writers in Substack’s network.
2021
Substack faces criticism over writer advances and content standards
Writers publishing via Substack criticized its practice of offering advances to selected writers, arguing that it makes the platform seem to make editorial decisions. Some writers announced they would leave the platform. Substack co-founder Hamish McKenzie defended the deals as business decisions rather than editorial ones, and the founders published further details about the program.
2020
Substack launches Defender legal-support program
Substack announced the launch of Defender, a service offering legal support to qualifying independent writers. After a closed pilot with a handful of writers, the program was opened to interested parties; users must be based in the U.S. and use Substack for professional work.