{"id":25443,"date":"2021-07-27T04:49:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T04:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbsitsoftwaresolution.com\/blog\/facebook-onboards-another-31-newsletter-writers-on-bulletin.html"},"modified":"2021-07-27T04:49:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T04:49:39","slug":"facebook-onboards-another-31-newsletter-writers-on-bulletin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/facebook-onboards-another-31-newsletter-writers-on-bulletin.html","title":{"rendered":"Facebook onboards another 31 newsletter writers on Bulletin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Late last month, Facebook announced Bulletin<\/a>, its newsletter platform. Unlike Substack, Medium and other competitors, Bulletin hand-picks its writers to curate a more controlled platform, with stars ranging from Mitch Albom, whose book \u201cTuesdays with Morrie\u201d continues to break hearts in seventh grade English classes, to Queer Eye\u2019s Tan France, who taught a generation of young people how to perfect their French tuck. Today, Facebook announced its first new wave of newsletter writers after its initial beta launch.<\/p>\n

This next wave of writers includes 24-year-old Nobel Peace Prize Malala Yousafzai, writing about \u201cbig debates and small moments; Maria Celeste, a Puerto Rican journalist who will write Bulletin\u2019s first Spanish-language newsletter; and Nedra Tawwab, a relationships therapist with millions of social media followers.<\/p>\n

Bulletin boasts a breadth of free content and contains minimal Facebook branding \u2014 it\u2019s hosted on its own separate website, not the Facebook app. But newsletter writers can choose which content to put behind a paywall, which readers purchase access to, of course, via Facebook Pay. Newsletter subscribers might also gain access to subscriber-only Facebook groups, Live Audio Rooms<\/a> and podcasts \u2014 so, Bulletin helps Facebook funnel subscribers into other products under its growing brand. But while Bulletin grows as a curated, invite-only platform for public figures that\u2019s more exclusive than Raya<\/a>, other platforms have struggled with the ethics of content moderation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe respect the work of writers and want to be clear that anyone who partners with us will have complete editorial independence,\u201d Facebook wrote in a blog post<\/a> after Bulletin\u2019s launch. And, after reading comedian Greg Mania\u2019s Bulletin-hosted essay about hemorrhoids<\/a>, this statement feels accurate.<\/p>\n

But when we talk about \u201ceditorial independence,\u201d we\u2019re not really talking about the ability to publish an essay called \u201cMy Date With the Rectal Surgeon.\u201d With this statement, the company seemed to be nodding to the controversial \u201chands-off<\/a>\u201d approach that Substack has taken with its platform. Medium has dealt with a cultural reckoning<\/a> of its own, too \u2014 the platform used to host in-house publications like GEN and Elemental, which were written and edited by trained journalists, but a pivot in the company\u2019s vision<\/a> significantly scaled back<\/a> editorial operations. So, Facebook\u2019s investment in platforming (a select few) journalists and writers comes in direct opposition with the emphasis from Substack and Medium on user-generated content.<\/p>\n

Facebook isn\u2019t the only major social media platform that\u2019s interested in newsletters \u2014 in January, Twitter acquired the newsletter platform Revue, but aside from some quiet updates<\/a>, it seems like Twitter\u2019s attention is focused elsewhere<\/a> for now.<\/p>\n

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Facebook\u2019s newsletter platform Bulletin is now live<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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