Music

Important Updates & Housekeeping Items for The Riff

Platform updates, submission guidelines, and more!

Kevin Alexander
The Riff
Published in
4 min readApr 14, 2024

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Hi everyone —

There have been many developments on the platform, and many new people are joining our community daily. This means it’s the perfect time for some quick updates and housekeeping.

First, Medium recently hit 1 million users. That's an incredible turnaround from just a few short months ago. If you are a reader, thank you. Your direct support of the work being shared here does not go unnoticed.

From Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine:

But on top of that feeling is a bigger feeling of gratitude to the writers here. A million people paid to read your writing. That proves that there is value in your authentic, passionate words. Without you sharing your experiences, expertise, creativity, and ideas, there just wouldn’t be any such thing as Medium.

Supporting the writers are thousands of publication editors who cheer, advise, edit, and curate. Together, you produce the writing that draws in all these members. Thank you to both, our writers and editors.

Let me echo Tony’s sentiments here. I’ve often said that one of the perks of being an editor is getting the first look at something I know…

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Kevin Alexander
The Riff

Indie music journalist | Mixtape maker | EIC The Riff Magazine | Writer of the On Repeat Newsletter on Substack |