That seems broadly accurate, yes. If anything, you're leaving out a few pivots, mistakes, and embarrassing backtracks. This article from 2019 is a bit out of da

That seems broadly accurate, yes. If anything, you're leaving out a few pivots, mistakes, and embarrassing backtracks. This article from 2019 is a bit out of date (https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/03/the-long-complicated-and-extremely-frustrating-history-of-medium-2012-present/ https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/03/the-long-complicated-and-e...) but has a lot of details. What's happened since fits seamlessly into the pattern.