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We're doing something new at Medium Day this year: an exclusive track, only for Friends of Medium, with small, hands-on sessions on AI and writing, led by people actually building, not just pontificating.
Come with curiosity — leave with frameworks you can use right away, no matter your field.
Become a Friend of Medium: https://medium.com/plans
Medium Day is back.
Join us on September 18 for a day of celebration and discovery. Over 100 sessions, live meetups, writing workshops, product demos, and so much more.
Register now at https://medium.com/mediumday
The Medium Day 2026 schedule is live.
On September 18, close to 100 writers, experts, and Medium staffers will lead free sessions across four tracks. Come discover something new.
TK.
A new writing app from Medium.
Join the waitlist at medium.com/tk
Three years ago, @coachtony@me.dm became the new CEO of #Medium. In today’s detailed post, he shares the story of our financial turnaround:
https://medium.com/the-coach-life/fell-in-a-hole-got-out-381356ec8d7f
#writing #entrepreneurship #business #startup #VentureCapital
Today in The Medium Newsletter, featured stories include:
• Responses to CEO @coachtony@me.dm on how #writers can use #AI to tell human stories
• Blind photographer Lawrence Lazare on #photography challenges and workarounds
• #HBOMax #ProductDesign VP @mmcwatters@me.dm on #prototyping and #VibeDesign
• Ruchama on how her dad’s fabricated stories shaped her
• Pavel Samsonov on strategy for #writing online
https://medium.com/blog/what-medium-writers-think-about-ai-tools-1d8cb03c21f6
On Medium, a huge number of publications are open to submissions. This new post by Zulie explains how you can – and why you should – submit your stories to them:
https://medium.com/medium-handbook/how-and-why-to-submit-to-a-medium-publication-b44d35ea3c41
A video version is also available:
In this new episode of the Smart in Public Pod #podcast, Medium CEO @coachtony@me.dm speaks with hosts Katie Boysen and Katie Dufficy about authenticity and vulnerability in #leadership, long-form content, #AI strategy, and more.
Hot off the presses: President @barackobama@threads.net has posted his annual summer #ReadingList:
https://barackobama.medium.com/my-2025-summer-reading-list-bb25331e761b