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Thoughts on building digital media businesses. A Media Operator discusses what is happening in media and provides actionable insights for current and prospective media operators. Jacob Cohen Donnelly talks about strategies and tactics while diving deep into business models, advertising, audience development, audio, and video. The newsletter has been extended to a podcast where the author interviews entrepreneurs and operators about their success and failures while building media companies. Interested in knowing how to grow and monetize your media business? Subscribe to Media Operator and join the community.

Reporting, first-person commentary, and reported essays on communities that journalism in the United States has typically ignored. The Objective is here to fix journalism. The writers believe in their mission and are ready to share, critique, and undo “the industry’s historical wrongs”. The newsletter is full of behind-the-scenes stories, highlighting what is behind the culture war, lack of diversity in newsrooms, and other important issues that are easily missed as they’re rarely covered by other media outlets. Subscribe to The Objective and join the community to help solve problems that are troubling the media industry.

A newsletter about marketing's outsized role in breaking society (and how we can fix it). Branded highlights that nothing about digital advertising is straightforward. The authors cover all things adtech, providing all the necessary information to help marketers advertise responsibly and keep their brands safe. Branded is covering the behind-the-scenes issues of adtech - from keyword blacklists to silencing trans-friendly media and from sentiment ratings to solving systemic racism. Subscribe and become an advocate for better marketing.

The newsletter Hollywood loves to hate and hates to love. The Ankler is a widely read, entertainment industry newsletter, that tells you what everyone is whispering about. Richard Rushfield covers the concentration of power and tells real stories about how Hollywood really works. The newsletter is an infusion of daily industry news, filled with commentary, insights, and fearless analysis. Read issues ranging from the Great Streaming Wars and the Oscar race to suggestions on how to save Hollywood. Subscribe and get the real dirt on what is happening behind-the-scenes and fun perspectives on the movie industry.

a dailyish link to cool shit happening in & around the media industry. Deez Links is a media newsletter that usually takes a form of a single link with Delia Cai’s take on it. Having set a barrier of “do I want to text this link to everyone I know right now” Deez Links can range from long-form articles and smart tweets to gossip-worthy happenings and funny TikToks. In response to the pandemic, Delia Cai has loosened up the definition of a link and is trying different things, whether it is a piece on a TV show or a new job listing, it is less about industry stuff and more about just something worth your time. The newsletter also includes Deez Interviews with people in the media world and Friday Q&As. Subscribe and find out all the cool things happening in media.

Cookbook fans, you have come to the right place. Written by a cookbook critic, Stained Page News is no wonder - all things cookbooks. Considered an essential read for cookbook fans, the newsletter covers the industry by publishing cookbook previews, releases, news, and other cookbook-related content. Every week Paula Forbes shares opinions, overviews, and links to the most exciting news + tried and tested recipe excerpts. Subscribe and get ready for tasty recipes, personal recommendations, and the SPN Cult Cookbook Club!

A weekly survey of the best food media on the web, and why you should care about it. In Digestion is a newsletter that covers the best food media. James Hansen curates a round-up of the most interesting stories, highlights important issues, and provides opinions from a broader perspective. In Digestion is quite complex and frequently philosophical, so get ready for thought-provoking questions and fancy words. Subscribe and start thinking deeper about the food media world.