rant · moment 6 of 33
The Substack Pitch Meeting: $20 Million or Nothing
from #285 - Tim Dillon VS Substack | The Tim Dillon Show · #285
5 min
Tim details being courted by Substack to leave Patreon and YouTube entirely for free, name-dropping Bari Weiss and the Comedy Store show, and recounts throwing out a $20 million price tag that stunned the rep.
- Substack journalists can't get published in mainstream news because it's corporate-sponsored propaganda.
- Barry Weiss came to the Comedy Store show where Tim did 30 minutes about Israel.
- Substack founder wanted to meet with Tim and asked him to jump from Patreon to their platform for free.
- Tim told them his price: $20 million dollars to leave YouTube and Patreon.
- Substack wanted Tim to sit down with the founder because they were looking to do more with content.
- The meeting wasn't a serious signing—Tim brought a friend along casually, like two people walking by a restaurant.
- They had to change tables because the reservation was for four and Tim brought someone unexpected.
- Tim and his friend made clear they weren't moving the operation to Substack for no money.
- Substack asked Tim to do it for reasons other than financial—he refused.
- Tim would only consider it if they paid him significantly and his fans kept the same Patreon deal.
- Substack thought Tim would want to be buddies and delete Patreon with him on the spot.
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