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New on Substack: Post templates, Notes scheduling, drop caps, and more This month, we’re shipping a range of updates that give you more control over your publishing workflow—from scheduling Notes in advance to new live video tools, post templates, and design details that make your publication feel unmistakably yours. Here’s what’s new. Post templates You can now create and save templates for longform posts, directly within the post editor. If your workflow includes recurring elements like calls to action, disclaimers, section structures, sponsorship placements, or code blocks, you can save them once and reuse them in new drafts instantly. This removes repetitive setup work and helps you stay consistent without starting from scratch each time. Build your format once, and reuse it whenever you need it. Adding a saved call to action using the template feature Learn more about using post templates in our Help Center . Drop caps Enable a drop cap—the large, stylized first letter that opens a piece of writing—for your Substack publication. You can turn this on in the Website Editor in your publication settings. From there, click “Posts,” toggle on “Drop caps,” and click “Save.” Visible on web, drop caps are a small detail that can give your writing a more considered, editorial feel. A drop cap, as seen on Racket News Learn more about adding a drop cap to your post in our Help Center . Live video: more control over how you stream and manage events We’ve expanded Substack Live with new tools for publications running regular video programming: Choose where you stream: You can now decide which publication to go live from each time you stream, instead of being limited to your primary publication. This is available across iOS, Android, and web. From the new live video management dashboard page on desktop, you can now: Schedule on behalf of a host. Contributors and admins can now schedule a livestream for another creator on your publication. Edit scheduled streams. You can now update the title, timing, host, and notification settings for any schedu...

Introducing the Substack Recording Studio Today, we’re launching the Substack Recording Studio, a built-in studio that makes it easier than ever to pre-record and publish a show on Substack. Substack Studio, currently available on desktop only, lets you record a solo video or a conversation with up to two guests and publish it when you’re ready, with auto-generated clips and thumbnails included. Until now, creating video on Substack meant going live , or stitching together a separate stack of tools: a recording platform, a way to create and distribute clips, and something to design a thumbnail. Substack Studio brings all of those tools into one place. And as with live video, anything you share is automatically distributed through the Substack network—in the mobile app, on the web, and on the big screen with Substack TV . Here’s what’s new: Recording Studio Record a conversation without going live and publish it when you’re ready. On desktop, simply click the Recording Studio button under “Create.”​​ You can invite up to two guests, who can join from desktop or the Substack mobile apps. After they accept your invite, they’ll automatically join the preview room, and you can start recording. Once you’re done, you’ll get the same auto-generated clips and thumbnails you’d get from a live video. of recently used Substack Studio to sit down with ’s for a deep dive into the trends reshaping the snack industry—recording, publishing, and clipping the entire episode using just Substack tools. Publication branding Hosts can now add a publication logo or wordmark directly into any show they record on Substack, whether it’s live or in the Studio. You can adjust it to appear in the top left, top right, or bottom left of the frame, and can also upload a custom asset if you want to add something specific to a show. This is the first step toward giving every show on Substack its own distinct look and feel. Publisher recently added her Red Letter logo to an episode with congressional reporter . Screen sharing Hosts and co-hos...

New on Substack: draft Notes, hide revenue stats, pin multiple posts, and more Today, we’re introducing a series of updates across Notes, your dashboard, live video, and your feed. These updates make it easier to draft, manage, and publish your work on Substack. Save Notes as drafts You can now save Notes as drafts on web and iOS, with Android coming this week. If you start writing a Note and hit cancel, you’ll have the option to save it instead. When you return to the composer, you’ll find your saved Notes in a new Drafts tab. Take Your Time publisher Dianna Cohen saves a draft of one of her Notes. This makes it easier to capture ideas as they come to you, refine them over time, and publish when you’re ready. Learn more about drafting and publishing Notes in our Help Center . Pin multiple posts to your homepage You can now pin multiple posts to your homepage to control what visitors see first. Pinning a post to the homepage of publication Silver Bulletin . To pin a post: Tap the pencil icon on your homepage Search for the post you want to feature Select it to pin Learn more about customizing your homepage in our Help Center . Export your publisher stats as a CSV file Publisher stats are now exportable as a CSV file, directly from your dashboard. Exports reflect whatever filters and views you’re currently using, so you can pull the exact data you need. That might mean analyzing audience growth or tracking traffic trends over time, all in a format you can work with offline. To export, select the time range you’d like to analyze in your publication dashboard, then click “Download CSV” from the menu. Center, right align, or justify your text You can now center, right align, or justify text in your posts from the web editor toolbar, giving you more control over how your writing looks on the page. Hide revenue and subscriber counts If you’d prefer not to see revenue and subscriber counts on your dashboard, you can now hide them. This lets you keep those metrics out of view while you focus on your work. You can toggle this setting on or off in your ...