Add a customizable tipping button to your stories and start receiving direct support from your readers. — “How can we make writing more sustainable and rewarding?” That question has always been top of mind for our team here at Medium. Our philosophy is that great writing deserves visibility and financial support, and that idea underpins how we’re already helping creators earn money via our Partner Program and…

A few changes that wouldn’t normally deserve their own blog post. — Recently we’ve started being more clear about how much we value listening to our community. Or as our new CEO Tony Stubblebine says, : “Help mold the future of Medium by telling us what is important to you.” I’m one of the people who wants to hear from you. Seriously…

Medium announced today that Tony Stubblebine will become Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors, effective July 20, 2022. Medium founder and Chief Executive Officer Ev Williams will transition to the newly-created role of chairman of the board. Ev Williams founded Medium in 2012, and has…

Today, following the success of audio on the Medium website, we’re rolling out the feature to our iOS app. Making it easy to soak up new ideas is the heart of Medium’s mission — and now that’s more convenient than ever. …

At Medium, we’re always thinking about ways to make it easier for you to dive deep into great stories, ideas, and perspectives. That’s why we’re thrilled to share that audio on Medium is now available to all users on the Medium website with the launch of our new Listen feature…

As a Medium creator, your About page is a place to introduce yourself and to contextualize your writing for your readers — especially new ones who are looking for reasons to click “follow.” Today, we’re introducing new tools to help you customize your About page and more effectively connect with…

Redesigned to help you dive deeper into the things that interest you most. — At its core, Medium is a network of readers, writers, and ideas. Our goal is to make it as easy as possible for people to explore that network broadly — discovering new ideas and perspectives — and deeply — connecting with authors and topics that offer consistent insight and knowledge…

What if you could enjoy the great writing on Medium while taking a walk, running errands, or doing dishes? This question has driven us to start testing a new audio feature on the Medium website called text-to-speech. The text-to-speech experiment is currently only available to a portion of Medium website…

Today, I’m happy to announce that Medium has acquired Knowable, an audio-first learning company, to bring audio capabilities to our readers, members, and creators. Having started a podcasting company in 2005, I’ve always thought that audio was a natural way to enrich Medium’s value proposition and deliver on our mission…