the future that Medium founder and CEO Ev Williams sees ... doesn’t include advertising, not even the native advertising that was a key piece of Medium’s plan ... a Spotify-ish model that pools subscribers’ $5 monthly contributions and doles them out to a select group of creators based on how many “claps” the creators get... once they’re in the …

It’s time to #pay4content, which is why I’m wearing The Oatmeal’s t-shirt and brandishing the YANSS book on Bondi beach. Next time you read and use something from an independent content creator (like I did for my #backfire post), find a way of supporting them.

Since launching Medium membership, our primary focus has been on funding the creation of exclusive content ... to empower writers and publishers to produce original content directly for our paying members and earn money based on depth of reader engagement... we’re partnering with many publishers we love to bring you... curated selections from The…