Bulletin (service)

Bulletin
Type of site
Newsletter service
Publisher
FoundedJune 29, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-06-29) in Menlo Park, California
Founder(s)Mark Zuckerberg
CEOMark Zuckerberg
ParentMeta Platforms, Inc.
URLwww.bulletin.com
LaunchedJuly 6, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-07-06)
Current statusInactive

Bulletin was an online newsletter platform launched by Facebook on July 6, 2021,[1] that allows notable writers to make announcements directly to their subscribers. Its competitors include Substack, of which Bulletin was called a "near-clone." Writers participating in the platform's launch included Malcolm Gladwell, Mitch Albom,[2] Tan France, Jessica Yellin, Jane Wells, Erin Andrews and Dorie Greenspan. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated that Bulletin represented the first time that the company had "built a project that is directly for journalists and individual writers."[1]

In October 2022 Meta announced the shutdown of Bulletin.[3] The platform went into read only mode in January 2023 and became unavailable in April 2023.[4]

  1. ^ a b Chan, J. Clara (June 29, 2021). "Facebook Launches Substack Newsletter Rival, Won't Take Cut of Pay". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  2. ^ Oremus, Will (July 6, 2021). "A classic Silicon Valley tactic — losing money to crush rivals — comes in for scrutiny". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 6, 2021. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  3. ^ Silberling, Amanda (October 4, 2022). "Meta shuts down Bulletin newsletters, moves resources to its discovery algorithm". TechCrunch. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  4. ^ "Learn what happens to your subscription once Bulletin is unavailable". Facebook. Retrieved February 4, 2023.