Substack publishers can livestream now [Video]

Broadening out from its text-only beginnings and just days before millions may lose access to their beloved video app TikTok, Substack has announced it’s adding a sitewide live streaming option for all users.

The new video tool is an expansion of an earlier “bestseller”-only feature, which offered platform-based live streaming options to its top contributors, referred to as “publishers.” Now, any contributor with at least 10 free subscribers can go live. Once the live stream is over, publishers will be sent an audio recording of the live stream and AI-generated clips to share on their pages, the platform writes.

Substack — one of the most popular personal publishing and newsletter platforms with more than 35 million active subscriptions — has been overhauling its offerings after a subscriber-hitting content moderation fiasco revealed the platform was hosting numerous alt-right and neo-Nazi blogs. This came only a few months after Substack found itself at the center of a public feud with X …