After Hours

The Future of Substack and Amazon’s Failed Union Effort

Apr 21, 2021

36:59

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I'm a Business Owner, I Can Fight Unions

01:52

How to Grow a Following at the New York Times

02:37

Is It a Branding Problem?

01:38

Introduction

2min

Substack, a New Media Start-Up

3min

Is Substack a Good Business Model?

2min

How to Grow a Following at the New York Times

3min

Is There a Deeper Market for News Letters?

2min

Is Substack a Platform?

2min

The Unbundling of a News Letter

2min

I'd Love It Elly Times or Some Article About the Entertainment Industry

2min

Amazon and Its Unions - I'm Not Going to Read This

2min

10.

Are You Trying to Rekindle the Union Movement?

5min

11.

I'm a Business Owner, I Can Fight Unions

2min

12.

Is It a Branding Problem?

2min

13.

What's Underlying the Voting Rights in Georgia?

3min

14.

The News Letter - Cynicism, by Bill Bisho

2min

15.

Water Colouring Painting - What Is It?

2min

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Go Guesser Is My Pad Wonderin

2min

Is the newsletter platform Substack the new media wunderkind or a flash in the pan? What can we learn from the failed effort to unionize Amazon workers in Alabama?

Rebecca , Mihir , and Felix debate how Substack might change news consumption and competition for talented writers. Plus, they examine why the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union failed to unionize an Amazon warehouse in Alabama.

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You can visit our website at HarvardAfterHours.com. You can email your comments and ideas for future episodes to: harvardafterhours@gmail.com. You can follow Youngme, Mihir, Rebecca, and Rawi on Twitter at: @YoungmeMoon, @DesaiMihirA, @RebeccaReCap, and @RawiAbdelal.

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After Hours

The Future of Substack and Amazon’s Failed Union Effort

I'm a Business Owner, I Can Fight Unions

How to Grow a Following at the New York Times

Is It a Branding Problem?

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