MeidasTouch Pops on Podcast Charts as Progressives Search for Answers
Source: NYT
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More than 2.2 million people watched Mr. Schiff. But he wasn’t talking on MSNBC or on CNN. Instead, he was appearing on the YouTube channel of the MeidasTouch Network, an upstart online media company known for its relentless critiques of Mr. Trump, delivered in a blizzard of bare-bones, outrage-heavy videos, clips, podcasts and social media posts.
MeidasTouch is a leader among the numerous digital-first outlets that have been rapidly reshaping the progressive media landscape since Mr. Trump took office. Tapping into agita among progressives about the new administration’s policies, they are fast becoming power brokers in Democratic politics and — party faithful hope — finally replicating the influential media ecosystem that Republicans have built over the past decade.
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“You have to move fast,” said Ron Filipkowski, a former Republican with nearly one million followers on X who was hired in 2023 to edit the MeidasTouch website. In September, he helped start the company’s newsletter on Substack; it has grown to more than 500,000 subscribers, some 40,000 of whom pay at least $8 a month to get ad-free and exclusive content. He also records a weekly podcast of his own, “Uncovered,” which focuses on right-wing misinformation.
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“Trump is the most relentless communicator in the history of politics, and he has the biggest platform,” Mr. Vietor said. “So the only way Democrats can begin to compete with that is by communicating constantly, everywhere, all the time.”
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