Taylor Lorenz To Depart Washington Post To Publish Her Own Substack “User Magazine”
deadline.comTaylor Lorenz, the tech columnist for The Washington Post, said that she is departing the media outlet for her own Substack publication, described as a “user magazine.” “We now live in a world where politicians can post their way into office, memes fuel our stock market, and online culture and mainsteam culture are so deeply intertwined that it’s impossible to tell where one ends and the other begins,” Lorenz wrote in her initial post.
Her publication, User Mag, will report “one the people and movements that are steering tech and internet culture, from weird online phenomena, to under-the-radar trends, to content creators.
platform developments, policy initiatives, and powerful forces that shape our online world,” she wrote. Lorenz wrote that the publication will arrive via email 1-3 times per week, and paid subscribers will have commenting privileges and exclusive content, among other benefits.
She also said that she will be doing her weekly podcast, Power User, with Vox Media. Subscriptions will be $7 per month, and $70 per year.
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