That post uses a link to an archive, which has no paywall, no subscription requirement, and may be easier to read.
The link to the source article from the NY Times is:
Substack's VP of Communications took issue with the article, and responded with a Twitter thread, started off with this Tweet:
Today the NYTimes wrote an article about Substack. While it's a compliment to remain top of mind for the paper of record, the piece contains a lot of hearsay, cherrypicking, and personal opinion presented as fact.
Here, I offer an alternate framing and excavate the buried lede:
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And for the complete Twitter thread, unrolled:
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