Chris Best

3 weeks ago | on.substack.com | Chris Best |Jim Acosta |Pete Buttigieg

After nearly two decades anchoring at CNN, is reimagining what live news reporting can look like and where it can happen. In just a few weeks, has opened up a direct line between Acosta and his audience, offering a new immediacy and flexibility in how he covers a story. In these highlights from a recent conversation with Substack CEO , Acosta reflects on authenticity, going live from unexpected places, and reaching audiences where they are.

1 month ago | wearedigitaldiplomacy.substack.com | Lia Haberman |Chris Best |Hamish McKenzie

What’s TikTok’s future with Trump and JD Vance in charge? The context around TikTok keeps evolvingWho wants to buy TikTok? TikTok at SXSWThe myth about the TikTok banSo what about national security and algorithm vulnerabilities? Is TikTok good for the economy? In a recent interview with NBC News, US Vice President JD Vance said a deal to sell TikTok and keep it up and running in the United States would largely be in place by the April 5 deadline.

1 month ago | wearedigitaldiplomacy.substack.com | Hamish McKenzie |Chris Best |Clay Jones |Jennifer Welch

Is the White House‚Äôs shift about transparency or control? Not anymore? ‚ÄúThis is the ever-changing landscape of the media in the United States today‚ÄĚWhy ‚Äúthe audience may not understand‚ÄĚ? Even Fox is not happy about this White House media takeover!Why the public can no longer trust pool reports? Is the White House harming the spread of reliable information? ‚ÄúDemocracy Dies in Darkness,‚ÄĚ is this true anymore?

1 month ago | chriscillizza.substack.com | Chris Cillizza |Hamish McKenzie |Chris Best

I don’t want to brag or anything but the 7th grade rec basketball team I coach just advanced to the championship. So….this is basically me:Anywho, it’s Sunday — which means it’s time for the best stuff I saw on the Internet this week. As always, it’s a mix of podcasts, stories, charts and a whole bunch else. The Sunday Best is a weekly “thank you” for paid subscribers.

1 month ago | steveschmidt.substack.com | Steve Schmidt |Chris Best |Hamish McKenzie |Jairaj Sethi

My friends,This is a moment where defiance is called for, and must be called for. Something terrible is happening in America. It is time to face it with calm and firm resolve. It is time to build an opposition around a single word: no. It is a powerful word. It is a word with deep meaning within the political history of the American story. Substack is a fruit of the First Amendment and the American free enterprise system. It was an idea between , and .