Hi Dan. Yes to all. A different email is needed because your Stripe account will use it to differentiate the accounts, so you won't need 2 Stripe accounts.

I used the same email name as the new Medium user name (Best Recycled News), to help keep it simple.

Other than that, just log out of your current Medium account, and set up another one as if you were a new user.

My only hold up now, is why I haven't been able to activate the MPP after doing everything else. I get a message that I'm eligible, but the button to allow me to proceed is grayed out.

Personally, I think it will prove to be worth the additional 5 bucks a month.

I'm waiting on a Medium response to my inquiry about the MPP, so I'll keep you posted. :-)