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

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]

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 January 2024 there were 170,000 subscribers to the free edition,[10] 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.[11] In January 2024, Newton decided to move his Platformer newsletter off Substack to Ghost, in response to Substack's policies and handling of pro-Nazi publications on its platform.[12]

He has been independently described by Roose as having "opinions [that] hold sway among social media executives".[13]

His reporting on the effects of content moderation on workers (resulting in PTSD)[14] has led to a contracting company cutting ties with Facebook.[15]

Personal life

Casey Newton was born on June 19, 1980.[16][6] Newton is gay.[17] He graduated from Northwestern University in 2002 with a Bachelor of Journalism.[18] He lives in San Francisco.[16]

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. 1 2 3 4 5 Wiener, Anna (December 28, 2020). "Is Substack the Media Future We Want?". The New Yorker. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Ingram, Mathew (August 14, 2019). "Casey Newton on dismantling the platforms and taking Facebook's cash". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  4. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 Smith, Ben (April 11, 2021). "Why We're Freaking Out About Substack". New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  10. ↑ Lorenz, Taylor; Oremus, Will (January 12, 2024). "Substack's woes deepen as tech blog leaves over Nazi content". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  11. ↑ Linder, Emmett; Diamond, Sarah (October 28, 2022). "A Podcast for an Ever-Changing Tech Industry". New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  12. ↑ Peters, Jay (January 11, 2024). "Substack keeps the Nazis, loses Platformer". The Verge. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  13. ↑ Roose, Kevin (January 7, 2021). "The President Is Losing His Platforms". New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  14. ↑ McClennan, Mark W. (November 16, 2022). "Competition". Ethical Voices. Business Expert Press. ISBN 9781637424193.
  15. ↑ Hertz, Noreena (2021). The Lonely Century. Crown. p. 308. ISBN 9780593135839.
  16. 1 2 "Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton)". Twitter. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  17. ↑ 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.
  18. ↑ 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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