COURIER Passes Seven Million Online Subscribers

COURIER, the fastest-growing progressive news network in the United States, has passed 7 million social media followers and email subscribers across its network. COURIER’s recent growth comes as the social-first media company launches a slate of new shows and newsletters across YouTube, Substack and major audio and video podcast platforms, including: 

• “How Is This Better” a new podcast and video series featuring Akilah Hughes
• “REPRESENT: On The Trail with Deja Foxx”, a docuseries on Gen Z upstarts taking on the Democratic party establishment, starting with influencer, activist, and congressional candidate Deja Foxx.
• “Grave Injustice,” a newsletter about the politics of the Supreme Court by legal expert Lisa Graves
• “Below the Belt(way),” a national daily politics newsletter written by Camaron Stevenson

COURIER, was founded in 2019, with a mission to build a more informed and civically engaged electorate. With many traditional news sources trapped behind paywalls and failing to adapt to a changing media ecosystem, founder Tara McGowan identified a giant void in the space, especially for those hard-to-reach Americans who increasingly rely on social media for their news. 

In addition to 5 million social media followers across several key platforms, COURIER is growing the largest values-driven statewide email newsletter network in the U.S. with 2 million active email subscribers across ten state-specific newsletters. COURIER remains focused on expanding into new local geographic markets and breaking into niche audiences who have been left behind by traditional media.

“The growth across all of our platforms is proof of concept for COURIER Newsroom. Our subscribers are hungry for high-quality news — delivered to them from sources they trust. The recent announcement of our show with Akilah Hughes is just the beginning in an exciting suite of new talent and content that we are launching at COURIER,” said Tara McGowan, Founder and Publisher of COURIER. 

In the past six months, COURIER has bulked up its National content operations and its presence in DC, hiring former AMC Networks executive Kevin Dreyfuss as Managing Director of the National division and promoting veteran Arizona reporter Camaron Stevenson to DC National Correspondent. Those appointments are part of the company’s ongoing commitment to deliver top-tier social-first journalism through engaging talent and high-impact storytelling to diverse audiences.

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