[ThomPete]

The comparison doesn't hold up quite IMHO.

NYT curates much more and so if you manage to get accepted you are more likely to be read.

The same as far as I understand is not true for Medium. I have an account there and I am no Krugman.

[eob]

You're correct, of course.

My comment was directed at the question of why someone would share copyright of their written work with an external party. One common answer is the distribution channel and pre-packaged audience. In that respect, NYT and Medium provide similar function.

[mdwrigh2]

Medium sends out an e-mail with hand selected stories every week though and I find myself reading a couple quite often though. That's much less likely to happen with your own blog.

[ThomPete]

The real question you need to ask yourself though is, how likely are you to get your story in the email?

[yen223]

As long as

    P(story read by audience|written in Medium) > P(story read by audience|written in self-hosted blog)

Medium will continue to be a better choice.