Outpost Publishers Cooperative

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Outpost helps membership/subscription/newsletter-centered media organizations thrive online, supporting Ghost CMS-powered sites with a suite of power tools.

Saving membership-powered sites from Substack and WordPress since 2021. A member-services co-op.

Outpost Co-ophttps://outpost.pub

Outpost (power tools for membership-focussed publishers that use Ghost) migrated our servers and member publishers’ data to the E.U.

It doesn’t make our publishers immune to U.S. laws/investigations, but we think it’s *prudent*

Also with new architecture, it’s faster, even from the U.S.

https://outpost.pub/you-outpost-moved-to-the-e-u/

Outpost Moved its Servers to the E.U.

Outpost migrated its hosting to Amsterdam in the E.U. away from the United States. It was seamless, no hit to speed, and prudent.

Outpost

We work with a lot of different publishers who run memberships/subscriptions/newsletters, probably a bunch that you subscribe to

Here's what we see really works to build a long-term loyal audience using Outpost’s powerful indie tools to run a membership site on @ghost

https://outpost.pub/outpost-office-hours-what-makes-publishers-the-most-money/

Outpost Office Hours: What Makes Publishers the Most Money

Outpost co-founder Ryan Singel and Lex Roman talk subscription revenue and membership growth tips and tricks for Ghost and Outpost publishers.

Outpost
I’m taking some time offline, belatedly celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary and still basking in the afterglow of the final XOXO, but I wrote a bit about releasing the XOXO talks last week, my approach to booking speakers, and the themes that emerged in our final year. https://waxy.org/2024/10/the-xoxo-2024-talks/
The XOXO 2024 Talks - Waxy.org

We published all the talks from the final XOXO, possibly the best day of talks we've ever had. I wrote a bit about how we booked speakers and the themes that emerged this year.

Waxy.org

@jack
@ryansingel @flpvsk @ghost

No worries at all! I actually forgot to put the RSS feed into the site user manual/ documentation, since we built it so the main RSS feed is reverse chron everything, not just the homepage.

Good reminder!

Gotta keep giving RSS love

In other fun client news, Hell Gate NYC got a big feature in the Washington Post about their mission and Eric Adams coverage:

“With the death of scrappy alt-weeklies such as the Village Voice and the New York Observer, Hell Gate is more or less alone in its lane: the relentless chronicling and witty skewering of whichever New York character happens to be New York mayor.”

https://wapo.st/4f8lPYh (gift link)

For the reporters of Hell Gate, heaven is covering Mayor Eric Adams

Hell Gate, a two-year-old news start-up, is chronicling and skewering the administration of Mayor Eric Adams, and covering New York like alt-weeklies used to.

The Washington Post
@meljoann @ghost Thanks!!

@jack @ryansingel @flpvsk @ghost Though there’s no RSS icon, it’s got an RSS feed of all articles! https://hearingthings.co/rss

No paid full-text RSS feed yet, but I suspect that’s coming soon.

Just look at this website!

“Five former Pitchfork journalists are getting the band back together to start a new online music publication, Hearing Things. The site, which launches on Tuesday, aims to capture the original independent spirit of Pitchfork while tuning out the stan armies that worship huge artists.” https://‪hearingthings.co/‬

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/15/business/media/pitchfork-hearing-things.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SU4.7In6.Ne2n3ieecxvj (gift)

Love the design by Shena Yoshida!

So excited we got to help launch them on @ghost & @Outpost

Pitchfork Alumni Launch New Music Publication, Hearing Things

After the popular publication was folded into GQ, a group of them is striking out on its own. One of the first orders of business: doing away with album scores.

The New York Times

Kickoff time again…

Mundial Magazine, a brilliant quarterly football (e.g. soccer) magazine, launched a brand-new digital home, publishing one amazing feature every day.

https://www.goal.com/mundial/

Go get on the free list or just jump right into paid.

So thrilled that we at Outpost helped shepherd this and got Mundial running on the best subscription/membership-centered CMS out there: @ghost

MUNDIAL

Reminding you why you love football. One brilliant article a day. Every day.

MUNDIAL
And if you are in DC or near enough, there’s a launch party for The 51st on Weds Oct 8: RSVP here -> https://events.humanitix.com/the-51st-launch-party
Come celebrate The 51st with us

Come meet The 51st team and celebrate the launch of new worker-led newsroom!