Substack raised $100 million in Series C funding, valuing the company at over $1.1 billion. The funds will be used to invest in better tools for creators, expand support for its ecosystem of writers, and “double down” on its app.

Newsletter platform beehiiv has rolled out a new Top 4 Recommendations feature, inspired by MySpace’s Top 8. Creators can now curate up to four other beehiiv newsletters to recommend to new subscribers during sign-up.

Beehiiv has introduced a Creator Accelerator program for established creators looking to launch and grow a newsletter.

Substack has launched Substack Creator Studio, a new video fellowship designed to assist TikTok creators in transitioning their TikTok channels into Substack shows and communities.