Casey Newton

Casey Newton (born June 19, 1980) is an American technology journalist, a former senior editor at The Verge, and the founder of, and writer for, the Platformer newsletter.

Career
Newton had been covering the Arizona State Legislature for The Arizona Republic, with an interest in technology as a hobby. Kristen Go, a former coworker at The Arizona Republic, invited him to work at the San Francisco Chronicle to cover tech companies and new technology. Later, he was a blogger and senior writer for CNET until 2013. Afterward, between 2013 and 2020, he covered Silicon Valley at The Verge and became a senior editor. During his time at The Verge, he wrote a daily newsletter called The Interface. His reporting on the effects of content moderation on workers (resulting in PTSD ) has led to a contracting company cutting ties with Facebook.

Platformer
In 2020, he left to create his own freemium newsletter on Substack called Platformer, with the paid subscription costing US$10 per month. Substack incentivized authors with advances, which Newton turned down, but accepted healthcare stipends. , Platformer had 170,000 subscribers to the free edition. In January 2024, Newton decided to move Platformer off Substack to Ghost, in response to Substack's policies and handling of pro-Nazi publications on its platform.

Hard Fork
In late 2022, he began a weekly technology news podcast for the New York Times, called Hard Fork, co-hosting with Kevin Roose. Roose, in 2021, praised Newton with having "opinions [that] hold sway among social media executives".

Personal life
Casey Newton was born on June 19, 1980. Newton is gay and lives in San Francisco. He graduated from Northwestern University in 2002 with a Bachelor of Journalism.