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Reposting: A new way to share stories you love with your followers

Readers want story suggestions from people they trust

Writers, you now have more control over how AI companies use your stories

An update to securing consent, credit, and compensation for writers when AI companies train on your stories

New: A program to pay publication editors

100+ publications and 300+ editors are now eligible to earn for editing stories in the Editor Partner Program

Editors, you can now more easily decline and block low-effort submissions to your publication

Two updates to your submission queue management tools

Muting topics: A new way to control the stories you see on Medium

Giving you more influence over your story recommendations

Readers, you can now share a note with stories you repost

The most-requested addition to reposts is now live, plus a few other improvements

AI is making us all writers

Writing is the key skill of the AI era (Issue #427)

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Here’s how you can apply to speak at Medium Day 2026

Editors, find your best submissions faster with the new off-topic badge

Plus: How we’re investing in our publication ecosystem

How Medium is investing in the curation era

75% of stories on the average reader’s Medium feed are there because a human recommended them

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Join us on September 18, 2026 to discover something new.

Reading books is a symbiotic act

Intermezzo, Infinite Jest, Lord of the Rings, and well-loved books. (Issue #428)

An update on the Boost Nomination Program, and what’s next

Plus details about how stories will continue to be Boosted

There’s a publication for everything

A great way to find something new to read on Medium. (Issue #430)

Fiction as a mirror for truth

Literature, satire, and more are thriving on Medium. (Issue #432)

Good video games let you fill in the blanks

What Silent Hill has in common with Backrooms. (Issue #435)

Which stories get told?

AAPI voices on identity, achievement, and belonging (Issue #429)

How Pride is like Independence Day

Reflecting on the LGBTQ+ community, past and present. (Issue #431)

How “online” became “all the time”

And why some people are deliberately logging off (Issue #434)

Food during a blockade, vegetarianism, and the Hummus War

How what’s on your plate reflects your world (Issue #437)

⚽🤖 Using AI to predict the World Cup winner

Plus: Sports as cultural exchange, and the history of Haiti’s uniforms (Issue #433)

Behind the scenes, in their own words

How building in the open builds community. (Issue #436)

Three small (but meaningful) quality of life improvements to the Medium experience

Set your image focal point, organize publications alphabetically, and hide highlights on all stories.

I Need More Time!

I need to delve to get used to Medium

it made me whistle reading this post on Medium — Tips for Reposting