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“Newsletters have long underwritten their entire existence with advertising, as was the prevailing model throughout the media industry until the last few years.
Plus, not only have newsletters been a natural fit for ad-placement, they have been coveted real estate. Advertisers love running ads in newsletters, because only very engaged readers subscribe to them.” —
, . "The curious emergence of the Substack advertisement." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 29 Oct. 2020. Web. 2 Apr. 2025.
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, . (2020, Oct. 29). The curious emergence of the Substack advertisement. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 2, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/reading/the-curious-emergence-of-the-substack-advertisement/
Chicago
, . "The curious emergence of the Substack advertisement." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified October 29, 2020. Accessed April 2, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/reading/the-curious-emergence-of-the-substack-advertisement/.
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