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Substack helps writers turn blogs and newsletters into subscription businesses
Substack is looking to help writers make money in a way that CEO Chris Best described as “diametrically opposed to the broader Internet news model.” In other words, while large digital media companies are chasing “a lot of engagement, a lot of clicks and eyeballs,” Best (who was previously co-founder and CTO at Kik) said Substack has built subscription tools for… Read More
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Revue makes email newsletters personal again
A few months ago I decided I wanted to start an email newsletter where I’d share links to everything I’ve written each week, reports from events I’d attended or had spoken at and other commentary and thoughts. However, when I researched the current state of email newsletter tools I found that most were expensive, heavily focused on marketing or just feature-poor. Read More
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The Bridge newsletter brings political news to Silicon Valley and tech news to D.C.
Tech and politics need a translator — at least according to Jamie Corley and Christyn Lansing, founders of The Bridge. Corley and Lansing have worked in both worlds — each of them, for example, has served as press secretary for a US senator (Bob Corker and Rob Portman, respectively), while Lansing was also communications director at Politico. They told me they got the idea for… Read More
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Inbox by Gmail now helps you track calendar events, save links and stay on top of newsletters
Google is launching an update to Inbox by Gmail today that adds three new features to the company’s Gmail-based next-gen email client for the web and mobile. Probably the most interesting of these new features is that Inbox can now help you keep track of events and the emails you send back and forth about them. This feature is linked to Calendar invites, similar to how trip bundles… Read More
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theSkimm expands beyond newsletters with Skimm Ahead, a subscription calendar service
Since launching in 2012, theSkimm has built up a big audience for its email newsletter — founders Danielle Weisberg and Carly Zakin told me they have more than 3.5 million active subscriptions, with a daily open rate of 40 percent. Today the New York City startup is launching its first iPhone app, accompanied by its first major service beyond the newsletter, Skimm Ahead. For a… Read More
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RefreshBox Lets Anyone Create Newsletters Featuring The Week’s “Best Reads”
It’s been said the death of email newsletters has been greatly exaggerated. Case in point, perhaps: a new startup called RefreshBox, which lets anyone easily curate their own weekly newsletter. The service has seen 62 percent week-over-week growth in the now 15 weeks it’s been live, and today serves 3,700 subscriptions to some 1,200 email recipients from 207 different curators. Read More
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Crunch Network
Why Everyone Is Obsessed With E-Mail Newsletters Right Now
E-mail newsletters are so hot right now. Some of the best known are by Ann Friedman, Alexis Madrigal, Dan Hon and Rusty Foster. There’s a web ring for e-mail newsletters now, but really the best newsletters are secret. The authors encourage readers to share the subscribe link with other people who might be interested, but request that no one share the subscribe link on social media or… Read More
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CrunchBase Weekly And Crunch Daily Bring Top Headlines To Your Inbox
Do you have a burning desire to know which startups raised the most capital this week? Who made the biggest acquisitions? Who got bought or sold? Are you interested in finding out where top industry executives land their next roles? We have created “CrunchBase Weekly”, a brand new way to quench your curiosity. Click here to get a weekly dose of the latest startup news and more… Read More
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Unroll.me Combines Your Favorite Email Subscriptions Into One, Lets You Kill The Rest
Suffering from inbox overload? Of course you are – everyone is. And now thanks to Google’s Account Activity report, we can see exactly how much email we get. It’s scary. From my personal email address, I received 9,000+ emails last month. (Haven’t checked out my TechCrunch address, though…) It’s reasons like this that draw me to email-improving… Read More
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