The Mediator

Substacknewsletter · by Doug Shapiro · English

The Mediator explores the structural changes reshaping the media industry and what they mean for the media business, culture, and society. I try to get at the why, not just the what.

Investigate Sign in to visit
Audience
13K subscribers
Shown publicly on Substack
Publishing
Monthly or less
4 posts indexed in the last 90 days
Last post
Oct 6, 2026
25 days ago
Likely audience
Marketing strategists
Inferred from post content

Momentum

#368 on Substack's Business leaderboard

From daily snapshots of Substack's public figures · how rising is measured

The Mediator is a Substack newsletter by Doug Shapiro covering AI consumer adoption, Content distribution and AI agents. NewsletterFIT indexed 4 posts from it in the last 90 days, most recently on Oct 6, 2026. Shown publicly on Substack: 13K subscribers. It ranks #368 on Substack's Business leaderboard.

Topics

Recent posts

  • Creating Pull…
  • Time Isn’t…
  • When Antitrust…
  • Coordination is…
  • Shifting Sands…
  • Media Mental…

Sponsors detected

No sponsored posts detected in the last 180 days of indexed posts.

Detected automatically from posts marked as sponsored. Detection can miss or misread placements.

See the full picture on The Mediator

Subscriber momentum over time, every detected sponsor with the source post, companies and people it mentions, guests, and an alert when any of it changes.

Start 7-day Pro trial

Similar newsletters

Ranked by how many topics they share with The Mediator.

  • The Rundown AI2M subscribers

    beehiivSeveral times a week · last post 19 days ago

    Likely audience: Product managers

    1 shared topic

  • The Pragmatic Engineer1.1M subscribers

    SubstackSeveral times a week · last post 17 days ago

    Likely audience: CTOs

    1 shared topic

  • AI PlanetX1.1M subscribers

    beehiivWeekly · last post 19 days ago

    Likely audience: Product managers

    1 shared topic

  • Unlock AI Wisdom & Smart Investing with Stinger 🦂1M subscribers

    beehiivSeveral times a week · last post 20 days ago

    Likely audience: Investors

    1 shared topic

  • One more Thing in AI900K subscribers

    beehiivWeekly · last post 20 days ago

    Likely audience: AI developers

    1 shared topic

  • The Neuron700K subscribers

    beehiivSeveral times a week · last post 19 days ago

    Likely audience: Product managers

    1 shared topic

  • Granted577K subscribers

    SubstackMonthly or less · last post 16 days ago

    Likely audience: Individuals feeling lonely or isolated

    1 shared topic

  • How They Make Money345K subscribers

    SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 15 days ago

    Likely audience: Financial analysts

    1 shared topic

Compiled from public pages · refreshed Oct 14, 2026 · How NewsletterFIT collects and labels data