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7:48 AM · Jun 18, 2026 · 5.4K Views
New York Times technology columnist Kevin Roose departs the paper to launch an independent Substack newsletter
Story Overview
After more than a decade at The New York Times, Kevin Roose is leaving the paper and its Hard Fork podcast to team up with Casey Newton on an independent media venture that will include a new show in a similar conversational style. The move keeps his focus squarely on AI developments while trading the stability of a legacy outlet for ownership of the output. A light-touch Substack called The AGI Chronicles will serve mainly as an occasional update hub rather than a primary job, and Roose is also finishing a book on the race toward artificial superintelligence.
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The new venture stays deliberately lean
Roose has signaled he is not chasing a conventional full-time independent journalism path and wants the Substack to remain secondary. Details on the company structure, launch timing, and any monetization are still pending, leaving the scale of the operation an open variable.
Industry Shift
Hard Fork ends its run this summer
The final episode of the long-running podcast is slated for August, closing a chapter that featured hundreds of conversations on AI and tech. Listeners will need to wait for the new independent format to see how the duo carries the style forward outside institutional guardrails.
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Positive users congratulate Kevin Roose on launching his newsletter after leaving The New York Times and express excitement for his future work, while negative users mock him over potential lawsuits from OpenAI.
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