What the Recent Public Statement by Jerry Saltz of New York Magazine Means for the Future of American Media

The high-profile refusal of a $250,000 Substack Pro offer by a NYC art critic confirms that Americans don't know how to talk about newsletters—and maybe still don't know anything about them at all.

Introduction

There’s a group of content creators in America that for decades have found themselves in what might be termed the “Bermuda Triangle” of bad circumstances: they work for institutions that substantially inflect what they’re allowed to say; they’re contractually required to perpetually “advertise” and “sell” products under their own names (and …