Casey Newton

Casey Newton is an American technology journalist,[2] a former senior editor at The Verge,[3] and the founder and editor of the technology newsletter Platformer.[2]

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Casey Newton
Born (1980-06-19) June 19, 1980
La Habra, California[1]
EducationB.S.J., Northwestern University
OccupationJournalist
Websitecnewton.org

Career

Newton had been covering the Arizona State Legislature for The Arizona Republic, with an interest in technology as a hobby. Kristin Go, a former coworker at The Arizona Republic, invited him to work at the San Francisco Chronicle to cover tech companies and new technology, which Newton accepted.[4][3] He worked as a blogger[5] and senior writer for CNET[3] until 2013. Afterward, between 2013 and 2020, he covered Silicon Valley at The Verge[6][2] and became a senior editor.[3] In addition, he authored a daily newsletter called The Interface,[7] which had grown to 20,000 subscribers.[8] In 2020, he left to create his own newsletter on Substack called Platformer.[6][2][9] Substack incentivized authors with advances, which Newton turned down, but accepted healthcare stipends.[2] As of March 2022 there were 54,000 subscribers to the free edition, with the paid subscription costing US$10 per month.[4] Newton and a few other newsletter writers established a Discord server for all of their subscribers.[9] Then, in late 2022, he began a technology news podcast for the New York Times, called Hard Fork, co-hosting with Kevin Roose.[10]

He has been independently described by Roose as having "opinions [that] hold sway among social media executives".[11]

His reporting on the effects of content moderation on workers (resulting in PTSD)[12] has led to a contracting company cutting ties with Facebook.[13]

Personal life

Casey Newton was born on June 19, 1980.[14][6] Newton is gay.[15] He graduated from Northwestern University in 2002 with a Bachelor of Journalism.[16] He lives in San Francisco.[14]

References
  1. Roose, Kevin; Newton, Casey (September 8, 2023). "Escape From Burning Man + Musk vs. the A.D.L. + Listener Questions". The New York Times (Podcast). Retrieved September 9, 2023. I don't know what prep school you went to, but on the mean streets of La Habra, California, they offered Spanish and French.
  2. Wiener, Anna (December 28, 2020). "Is Substack the Media Future We Want?". The New Yorker. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
  3. Ingram, Mathew (August 14, 2019). "Casey Newton on dismantling the platforms and taking Facebook's cash". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  4. Goodykoontz, Bill (March 20, 2022). "How a former Arizona Reporter Launched Silicon Valley's Most Coveted Newsletter". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
  5. Diamond, Stephanie (2013). The Visual Marketing Revolution. Pearson Education. p. 288. ISBN 9780133259674.
  6. Tracy, Marc (September 23, 2020). "Journalists Are Leaving the Noisy Internet for Your Email Inbox". New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  7. Issac, Mike (March 19, 2019). "The New Social Network That Isn't New at All". New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  8. "'Something really important is happening': Casey Newton on going solo with a paid newsletter". What’s New in Publishing | Digital Publishing News. October 15, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  9. Smith, Ben (April 11, 2021). "Why We're Freaking Out About Substack". New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  10. Linder, Emmett; Diamond, Sarah (October 28, 2022). "A Podcast for an Ever-Changing Tech Industry". New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  11. Roose, Kevin (January 7, 2021). "The President Is Losing His Platforms". New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  12. McClennan, Mark W. (16 November 2022). "Competition". Ethical Voices. Business Expert Press. ISBN 9781637424193.
  13. Hertz, Noreena (2021). The Lonely Century. Crown. p. 308. ISBN 9780593135839.
  14. Newton, Casey. "Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) / Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  15. Casey Newton [@CaseyNewton] (November 17, 2022). "Ugh now I have to go back to telling people I'm gay the old fashioned way (changing my profile pic to the NOH8 one from 2009)" (Tweet). Retrieved November 17, 2022 – via Twitter.
  16. Cramer, Jude (October 26, 2020). "Q&A with Casey Newton (BSJ02), Founder of Platformer". Northwestern Alumni Magazine. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
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