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Earlier this year, 2,566 people did something remarkable: they backed our idea for MATTER on Kickstarter. We’d asked for help in creating a new home for high-quality journalism, and the response was extraordinary: we passed our $50,000 target in less than 48 hours and finished on $140,000,…

Matter, almost single-handedly proving there’s an appetite for long-form journalism and -shock horror- people are ready to pay for quality.

Woo! This matters.

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   I was one of the 2,566.

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   long form article up...whim while looking...science-y books...

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    I was a backer — I’ll have to check this out.

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    New outlet for long form writing…

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    YAY!

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    Finally, some real journalism and not some spin by corporations. Hope they live up to expectations.

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    Works on a small(ish) scale. We’ve known that for a while. If you find your audience quickly and they buy into your...

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