Official line
Bulletin shutting down.
Meta · Media & Publishing · Product
Bulletin
Discontinued
2021–2023 · 2 years in market
Launched
Jan 1, 2021
Discontinued
Jan 1, 2023
Cause of death
Lost to a competitor
Evidence
Unsourced
What was it?
Facebook’s Substack competitor for journalists. Lasted about two years.
Why it died
Editorial reading
Writers wanted ownership and email; Facebook wanted feed inventory.
Founder takeaway
Creators who left platforms for newsletters will not come back for a blue check and a CMS.
Sources
Unsourced — editorial reading
No primary source is attached yet. Treat the interpretation as editorial, not a citation.
What replaced it
Substack
Substack
Owned audience, owned list.
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