It's been a gratifying, challenging, creative, fun, hard, fascinating journey for me running this company. And it's time for me to hand over the reins. https://t.co/18lbxxueS5

— Ev (@ev) July 12, 2022

I thought this point from a former employee was astute https://t.co/qz865JfdZG pic.twitter.com/OBCeZq6yEP

— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) July 13, 2022

(Medium’s story is over) https://t.co/mfyRgyiszp pic.twitter.com/HcqllQor58

— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) July 12, 2022

Good read. For a couple years after Medium launched, its algorithm was a cut above. It surfaced good writing from people I didn’t know. Then something got tweaked and the magic was gone - dated content and press releases. They ruined the best part of the platform years ago. https://t.co/ZkwgwT3IMv

— Jeremy Littau (@JeremyLittau) July 13, 2022

I also attempted to catalog every business pivot in Medium history https://t.co/qz865JfdZG pic.twitter.com/rSu6yKXdVD

— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) July 13, 2022

"Medium’s ideas were often coupled to to the livelihoods of journalists and the publications they worked for. It’s one thing to have a singular vision and change your tactics along the way; Williams' vision transformed almost continuously." https://t.co/kONBZ2RBRp

— Nieman Lab (@NiemanLab) July 13, 2022

Love this news — @tonystubblebine is a great choice to lead @Medium. I'm hoping they double-down on what they've been great at (for all the pivots & changes, they have a huge audience that's not dependent on shitty hot takes or surveillance-based ads) and help the indie web. https://t.co/E0AdbDkJYI

— anildash (@anildash) July 12, 2022

Here’s my post-mortem on Ev Williams’ tenure at Medium and how it got caught in the middle

https://t.co/qz865JfdZG pic.twitter.com/WZo5mSEFkX

— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) July 13, 2022

It’s remarkable how much digital media has shifted in the last decade. When I worked at a media startup in 2015, Ev visited and ppl treated him like he walked on water and was going to deliver us. Medium went on to struggle with and the angel invested experimentations failed. https://t.co/iR0RGjulWU

— Benjamin Goggin (@BenjaminGoggin) July 13, 2022

After 1000 pivots, Medium's best shot is to be the one-hit-wonder curator -- Build the best guest-posting platform, not for established freelancers or Substackers who've amassed an audience, but for people with one epic article worthy of reach & revenue https://t.co/UC1oEpiiM3

— Josh Constine 📶🔥 (@JoshConstine) July 13, 2022

*take 2*

Ev stepping down as CEO of MEDIUM

New CEO @tonystubblebine worked at Odeo way back in the day before Odeo morphed into Twitter https://t.co/rdR6N8Ltaj

— Kurt Wagner (@KurtWagner8) July 12, 2022

Been reading @ev on and about the web for 20+ years and while he doesn’t post as often as he once did, the quality remains incredibly high. ❤️ https://t.co/vMvikthPOU pic.twitter.com/GGjKdXj8Fy

— Jason Goldman (@goldman) July 12, 2022

Please forgive my momentary lapse into meanness: turns out another-rich-white-guy-with-a-savior-complex, not the freakin savior of media. How many times have we seen this story in last few decades? https://t.co/oWbcUh1Qn2

— Rafat Ali, Media Operator & Dad (@rafat) July 12, 2022

5 bucks says he ends up in Web3 https://t.co/fQwwDUFOLJ

— Ian Kar (@iankar_) July 12, 2022

First off - congratulations to Ev. I read articles on Medium every single day. Every day. So many voices get a chance to be heard and discovered. And the business has come a long way too. What he has built and run for a decade is fantastic and I am glad to see new roads ahead https://t.co/6pi8lOvOMS

— Josh Elman (@joshelman) July 12, 2022

RIP the nonstop news cycle of Ev-led Medium pivots

My favorite was the "claps" era https://t.co/QIhZGmqFGB

— Kerry Flynn 🐶 (@kerrymflynn) July 12, 2022

Sad about this but I am grateful to @ev for once again--after Blogger and Twitter--giving more people more ways to speak online. He is a quiet visionary and I look forward to what comes next.
Evan Williams Is Stepping Down as C.E.O. of Medium https://t.co/Dax1QRwjHv

— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) July 12, 2022

Having used any and every writing platform on the internet over the past 20-odd years, @Medium remains the absolute best CMS from a writing perspective. Which is wild that it’s been the case 10 years in a row. Few things hold titles that long around these parts… https://t.co/2IZU0x5Pb4

— M.G. Siegler (@mgsiegler) July 12, 2022

As a longtime Medium contributor, I find this news interesting, though not necessarily concerning. Medium has always had potential but it needs to choose its course and stick to it. https://t.co/MaiPjKqMPm

— Lance Ulanoff (@LanceUlanoff) July 13, 2022

A warm welcome to Medium's new CEO, @tonystubblebine. https://t.co/p2mflbPbit pic.twitter.com/aqczNGOwhr

— Medium (@Medium) July 12, 2022

So proud of my friend (and former upstairs neighbor!) @tonystubblebine for becoming CEO of Medium. No one knows the company or the product better, and no one is more passionate and curious about how to make Medium work for both creators and members. 💕https://t.co/G5jMzBlWKA

— Anna Maltby (@amalt) July 12, 2022

So proud of my friend and mentor @tonystubblebine, who is now the CEO of Medium. He took a chance on me over a decade ago and quite literally kickstarted my career.

Congrats, T! 🖐https://t.co/7fBy3SD0bR

— Connor Montgomery (@Connor) July 12, 2022

My friend Tony Stubblebine just became @medium's new CEO. I have nothing but respect for him, and for @ev. Really excited to see what happens next. https://t.co/EFCsbR2sj5

— Ben Werdmuller (@benwerd) July 12, 2022

Seriously, what IS Instagram?

"It is a slightly more mobile-friendly Facebook for people who are currently under the age of 45, but over the age of 26." by @broderick https://t.co/cdRt2AETAd

— Shira Ovide (@ShiraOvide) July 13, 2022

I feel like I ask the question once a week now, but, what is Instagram?https://t.co/k911g39hiH pic.twitter.com/OgpZsegLuW

— Ryan Broderick (@broderick) July 13, 2022

"Medium’s ideas were often coupled to to the livelihoods of journalists and the publications they worked for. It’s one thing to have a singular vision and change your tactics along the way; Williams' vision transformed almost continuously." https://t.co/kONBZ2RBRp

— Nieman Lab (@NiemanLab) July 13, 2022

I also attempted to catalog every business pivot in Medium history https://t.co/qz865JfdZG pic.twitter.com/rSu6yKXdVD

— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) July 13, 2022

Here’s my post-mortem on Ev Williams’ tenure at Medium and how it got caught in the middle

https://t.co/qz865JfdZG pic.twitter.com/WZo5mSEFkX

— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) July 13, 2022

After 1000 pivots, Medium's best shot is to be the one-hit-wonder curator -- Build the best guest-posting platform, not for established freelancers or Substackers who've amassed an audience, but for people with one epic article worthy of reach & revenue https://t.co/UC1oEpiiM3

— Josh Constine 📶🔥 (@JoshConstine) July 13, 2022

이 뉴스레터에 목록 있듯이 미디엄 이런저런 시도 많이한듯

Ev Williams gives up - by Casey Newton - Platformer https://t.co/V6lRNnizxj pic.twitter.com/CNGl98KrRg

— lunamoth (@lunamoth) July 13, 2022

I thought this point from a former employee was astute https://t.co/qz865JfdZG pic.twitter.com/OBCeZq6yEP

— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) July 13, 2022

Blogger や Twitter を作ってきた Medium 創業者の Ev さんが CEO 交代（会長へ）。
出版社とプラットフォームの狭間でいろんなチャレンジしてて、すごかった。

Ev Williams gives uphttps://t.co/rRye5er9di

— 濱本 至 | theLetter ✉️ (@itarumusic) July 13, 2022

オンラインで出版するにおいて、とにかくいろんなビジネスモデルを、どこよりも次々と試したMedium。@CaseyNewton からMediumの件で厳しめなまとめ。

Ev Wiliamsは諦めたhttps://t.co/LREuTz7Ytt

— Samson (@yeesamson) July 13, 2022