How the White House Found a Publishing Ally in Medium

By: Brian Ries | Mashable

The White House published President Obama’s 2016 fiscal budget on Monday using a medium that’s become increasingly popular among its advisors: Medium, the three-year old self-publishing platform.

In the past three months, Medium has played host to an ever-increasing tide of editorials, speeches and documents from Obama and his advisors. They’ve included presidential op-eds — such as one that tackled both net neutrality and the economic impact of millennials — as well as an update on the Ebola crisis that briefly gripped America last year.