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🔴 Objectivity is dead. What's next?

Journalistic objectivity was built on layers of editorial filtration. As those layers thin, a new model — more personal, more transparent, and less insulated — is taking shape.

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🔴 How beehiiv's first sales hire does LinkedIn

Notes from over a decade working in newsletters, a podcast that made $70,000 in one year, a growing local newsletter business, and three years selling beehiiv.

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🔴 How to get 1 billion short-form views

We spoke to Grant Beene, or @grantbeans, whose short-form sketch comedy videos represent the pinnacle of a genre born of Snapchat and Vine before maturing on TikTok.

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🔴 It's time to make a strategic hire. Which support do you need?

Managers, strategists, editors, operations leads — the creator economy's support infrastructure has grown far beyond one-size-fits-all. Here's how to figure out what you actually need.

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🔴 Objectivity is dead. What's next?

Journalistic objectivity was built on layers of editorial filtration. As those layers thin, a new model — more personal, more transparent, and less insulated — is taking shape.

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🔴 Surprise inside

What it is will shock you

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🔴 It's time to make a strategic hire. Which support do you need?

Managers, strategists, editors, operations leads — the creator economy's support infrastructure has grown far beyond one-size-fits-all. Here's how to figure out what you actually need.

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🔴 How beehiiv's first sales hire does LinkedIn

Notes from over a decade working in newsletters, a podcast that made $70,000 in one year, a growing local newsletter business, and three years selling beehiiv.

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🔴 How to get 1 billion short-form views

We spoke to Grant Beene, or @grantbeans, whose short-form sketch comedy videos represent the pinnacle of a genre born of Snapchat and Vine before maturing on TikTok.

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🔴 How this creator built a 6-figure lifestyle brand

Lucie Fink left Refinery29 with 100K subscribers and a $100K contract. Seven years later, she manages 13+ revenue streams and has grown her audience to 1.4M across platforms.