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Substack isn't a new model for journalism – it’s a very old one

  • Written by Michael J. Socolow, Associate Professor, Communication and Journalism, University of Maine
imageAuthor Andrew Sullivan has gone from blogging to writing for mainstream publications to blogging again, this time on Substack.T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty Images

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