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Quick hits
Why building your newsletter list should always be your top priority as a creator. [Simon Owens]
I'm sorry to see that The Juggernaut is struggling. I was really rooting for it to succeed. [Business Insider]
"Ernest Hemingway was paid $1 a word in 1936. That's more than $21 per word in today's dollars. The maximum I was ever paid to write for a glossy magazine in print was $2/word, in 2021. No one (and I really mean no one) in media makes $21/word." [Defector]
CNBC didn't expand into personal finance content until 2016, but it's now the most-trafficked vertical on its website. [Hollywood Reporter]
This is a great interview with The Verge's editor in chief where he talks about what it's like to operate a profitable, free website that isn't overly dependent on the tech platforms. [The Verge]
This looks like it'll be an ambitious merging of both media and commerce. It'll be an interesting experiment to watch. [Axios]