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The Founder Gazette
Startup news, held to newspaper standards

Filed under: pr

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Media relations

Pitching a Substack writer: skip the subscriber count

Ashley Waters of PAN sets out how newsletter inboxes differ from newsrooms. One mass message through Substack's own system can cost a founder access to the whole platform.

№ 242 · 15 September 2026
Tips

Earned media supplies 84% of AI citations, study finds

Muck Rack looked at more than 25 million links cited by ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. Paid placements accounted for 0.3% of them. Your homepage is not where the machines do their reading.

№ 96 · 19 August 2026
Founder comms

Answer one question and you have a comms strategy

A ghostwriter who has drafted for founders says most of them freeze at the same point: they think they need to be vulnerable or contrarian, when all they need is a reason they started.

№ 66 · 12 August 2026