Twitter stated on Wednesday it’ll discontinue its e-newsletter product Revue subsequent yr, days after proprietor Elon Musk stated he was open to purchasing rival on-line publishing platform Substack.
The social media platform purchased Revue in 2021 for an undisclosed sum amid a bigger increase for newsletters throughout the pandemic, and because it sought to draw customers who wished to generate income from their followers.
On the time, Twitter had stated Revue’s premium options could be free for all customers and that it might decrease the paid e-newsletter charge to assist writers retain extra of the income generated from subscriptions.
“This has been a tough choice as a result of we all know Revue has a passionate consumer base, made up of individuals such as you,” Twitter stated in a publish to customers.
“We’ll minimize to the chase: from January 18, 2023, it’ll not be doable to entry your Revue account. On that date, Revue will shut down and all information can be deleted.”
Revue was based seven years in the past within the metropolis of Utrecht within the Netherlands.
In August final yr, Twitter launched a manner for e-newsletter creators so as to add a subscribe button immediately on their Twitter Profiles. As of now the Revue Subscription Button is just accessible for a check group on Android and Net.
In different information, Elon Musk’s Twitter has dissolved its Belief and Security Council, the advisory group of round 100 impartial civil, human rights and different organizations that the corporate fashioned in 2016 to handle hate speech, youngster exploitation, suicide, self-harm and different issues on the platform.
