<p>In this episode recorded in early April 2020, <a href="http://www.fromedome.com">Dan Frommer</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/fromedome">Twitter</a>) of <a href="https://newconsumer.com">The New Consumer</a> joins host Glenn Fleishman. Dan is a long-time journalist. He’s been the editor in chief of Recode at Vox Media, an editor and writer at Quartz, and helped create Business Insider. </p> <p>The New Consumer is a subscription newsletter and site that charges a fee for access to keen insights by Dan about the shape and changes in the retail economy. Dan started the site a year ago, long before a pandemic was even suspected, and he’s well poised to document the massive upheaval happening now.</p> <p>While paid newsletters aren’t new, Dan is part of a small but growing number of people who have built expertise and audiences who then turn to direct support as a way to create their work solely for subscribers. This keeps them independent of advertising and the vagaries of employers’ changing priorities.</p> <h2>Show Notes</h2> <ul><li><p><a href="http://extremedemocracy.com/chapters/Chapter%20Three-Shirky.pdf">The Power Law Curve</a>, an essay by Clay Shirky</p></li> <li><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060712022825/http://www.technorati.com/weblog/2006/02/83.html">The Magic Middle</a>, a term coined by Dave Sifry</p></li> <li><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/2004/10/tail/">The Long Tail</a>, an article and book by Chris Anderson</p></li></ul>