Twitter to Discontinue E-newsletter Product Revue in 2023

Twitter stated on Wednesday it would discontinue its publication product Revue subsequent yr, days after proprietor Elon Musk stated he was open to purchasing rival on-line publishing platform Substack.

The social media platform purchased Revue in 2021 for an undisclosed sum amid a bigger increase for newsletters in the course of the pandemic, and because it sought to draw customers who wished to become profitable from their followers.

On the time, Twitter had stated Revue’s premium options can be free for all customers and that it might decrease the paid publication charge to assist writers retain extra of the income generated from subscriptions.

“This has been a tough resolution as a result of we all know Revue has a passionate consumer base, made up of individuals such as you,” Twitter stated in a submit to customers.

“We’ll minimize to the chase: from January 18, 2023, it would now not be doable to entry your Revue account. On that date, Revue will shut down and all information will probably be deleted.”

Revue was based seven years in the past within the metropolis of Utrecht within the Netherlands.

In August final yr, Twitter launched a approach for publication creators so as to add a subscribe button straight on their Twitter Profiles. As of now the Revue Subscription Button is simply obtainable for a take a look at group on Android and Net.

In different information, Elon Musk’s Twitter has dissolved its Belief and Security Council, the advisory group of round 100 impartial civil, human rights and different organizations that the corporate fashioned in 2016 to handle hate speech, little one exploitation, suicide, self-harm and different issues on the platform.