GoKawiilMedium launches TK, a private note-taking and journaling app
Medium is releasing a new app called TK that blends note-taking and journaling with a private, social-network-like sharing feature. CEO Tony Stubblebine describes it as the company's biggest launch since 2017, when Medium shifted from an ad-driven model to subscriptions under then-CEO Ev Williams. The app lets users jot quick notes, retrieve them later, and share writing privately with friends or followers.
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Stubblebine frames the move as a response to declining referral traffic from Google and AI tools scraping web content, suggesting Medium sees private, non-searchable writing as a hedge against an internet increasingly hostile to open publishing. This could signal a broader shift among content platforms toward closed, subscription- or relationship-based models rather than relying on search-driven discovery. If successful, TK might reposition Medium less as a public blogging site and more as a personal writing and sharing tool competing with note apps and private social networks.
- Medium's new app TK combines note-taking, journaling, and private sharing.
- It marks Medium's first major launch since its 2017 shift to a subscription model.
- CEO Tony Stubblebine ties the move to declining traffic from Google and AI content scraping.
Source: theverge.com — David Pierce, 2026-11-09
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