Hi gang — recently I told you about some of the exciting changes we’re making around here. I’ve brought on Zoe Schiffer, one of the best tech reporters working today, and launched Hard Fork, a new podcast, with the New York Times.
Together, these moves set up Platformer for our best year yet: able to break more news, tell different kinds of stories, and reach a much bigger audience. And to get there, we’re going to do something we’ve never done before: offer a sale on a year’s worth of access to our journalism.
From now until Friday at 5pm PST, you can get 20 percent off an annual subscription to Platformer — about $8 a month. Your subscription comes with:
Three full columns delivered to your inbox each week, plus access to the full archive of Platformer posts.
Access to Sidechannel, the members-only Discord server where hundreds of community members discuss the day’s news (and our latest podcast episode).
The knowledge that you’re directly supporting independent journalism, powering scoops about Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and the rest of the world’s most important platforms.
Later this afternoon we’re sending out a preview of Meta’s make-or-break Connect conference, which is happening tomorrow. The company needs to persuade the world that its next-generation tech can revive Meta’s fortunes — but its own employees seem skeptical.
Either way, thank you for reading and sharing Platformer. We’re about to have a very newsy year.
Casey