Hamish McKenzie explains why Substack won't be enabling advertising
New Zealand-hailing Hamish McKenzie co-founded Substack with the goal of helping journalists get paid for writing newsletters. McKenzie worked as a journalist in New Zealand, Hong Kong and the US, and is now based in LA. McKenzie - who has also worked for Tesla, and is the author of ‘Insane Mode’ about the arrival of the battery revolution - joins Mumbrella’s Tim Burrowes to chat about his departure from journalism and eventually creating Substack.
Substack is only 4 years old, but is already being talked about in the same way that journalists were talking about WordPress 15 years ago. Its…
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