📈 Digital Publishing News (April 2021)

Must read industry news, platform updates, and all my April 2021 articles

Hey everyone!

April was a month filled with a lot of updates for the digital publishing industry.

Here are some of the best articles I read covering digital publishing news, trends, and predictions.

I’ve also included a list of all of the Blogging Guide articles published across multiple platforms, from this past month (ICYMI).

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Articles Worth Reading (Digital Publishing Topics)

• Former Condé Nast Editor Plans a Vanity Fair for the Substack Era—The New York Times

• How subscriptions took over our lives—Vox

• Spotify launches paid podcasts through new Anchor feature—TechCrunch

• What Substack Is Really Doing to the Media—Slate

• The real people of Substack: 12 newsletter writers detail how much money they're making on the platform—Business Insider

• Heated founder Emily Atkin shows what it takes to make the transition from staff writer to Substacker—DIGIDAY

• How Substack Revealed the Real Value of Writers’ Unfiltered Thoughts—POLITICO

• Scale Was the God That Failed—The Atlantic

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Blogging Guide Articles

Includes content from the Blogging Guide Newsletter and Blogging Guide’s Blog.

• 📝 How to Develop a Content Marketing Strategy

• 📝 How to Scale Content Development

• 🔥 Canva Templates-New Blogging Guide Feature!

• Substack Recommended Links

• How to Create an Amazing Featured Image for Your Blog

• How to Write a Meta Description

• Blogging Terminology (The Ultimate Blogging Glossary)

• Hex Color Codes for Social Media Platforms

• How to Monetize Your Newsletter

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Digital Marketing Lab Articles

• The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Personal Brand in 2021

• How to Write an Amazing Case Study

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Medium Platform Updates

• Mariam Naficy joins Medium Board of Directors

• Blogrolls: Making Writer Discovery Seamless

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Substack Platform Updates

• New: More control over your subscriptions and community

• Introducing Substack Local, for a new generation of local news

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Vocal.Media News

• Creatd, Inc. Announces the Launch of Vocal's Newest Owned-and-Operated Community, 'Earth'

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Wattpad News

• Wattpad celebrates two years of Paid Stories and more than $1 million in author earnings from the program

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Until next time!

—Casey