Media Newsletters

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.

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 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.

Hung Up is essays, interviews, reviews, recommendations, gossip, love notes, line readings, and other cool stuff you want to share with your friends. Hung Up is a weekly newsletter that brings you saucy gossip, intriguing essays, movie reviews, and recommendations. In this newsletter, you’ll get insights into the author’s thoughts, critiques, and takes about current events, pop culture, and celebrities. Hunter Harris is on a journey to understanding why we’re hung up on things we like, whether celebrity drama, a new Netflix special we’re all hooked on or a song that keeps replaying in your head. Subscribe to the Hung Up Newsletter for essays, interviews, and the latest celebrity gossip - delivered straight to your inbox.

A newsletter about having fun online. Garbage Day is an award-winning (it got the Webby!) newsletter about what’s going on on the web. Ryan writes about social networks, modern media outlets, and all the insane stuff you can find on the internet. He believes that the web should be more open and that everyone should have fun there. And that’s what The Garbage Day is all about - a lot of honest takes on the latest news of the internets’ wildest corners. Think of topics like The British Army's Twitter, TikTok’s Witch Hunt, and a DAO which is trying to buy the constitution and you'll get the idea of what kind of tweets, videos, memes, and interesting reads you'll get every week. There is a special deep dive column written by guest writer Allegra Rosenberg called ‘Allegra’s corner’. If the title 'Amish Bitch' intrigues you - explore the archives for more! Subscribe to Garbage Day and dive into the best internet ‘trash’. 🗑️  

An investigation of why we clap for people doing the least, and earnest recommendations of art, music, and writing you should applaud. Shelby writes a satyrical newsletter about why we clap for people giving the least effort. It all started out as an Instagram account full of drawings giving out the ‘awards for good boys’ where she depicted men wanting praise for being ‘good boys’ and later it morphed into a newsletter. In Please Clap Shelby analyses our online world, modern dating life, and internet dramas illustrating everything with her famous drawings. From what it means to be a sexist woman, to the death of wife guys, her whimsy essays are always complimented with an image of Clem (Shelby’s dog that co-signs every issue). Subscribe to Please Clap for funny, utterly honest writing, hand-picked internet links, and...pictures of Clem!

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!

Thoughts on life + self-care for content creators. Social Media Detox is a weekly newsletter with content tips and mental health resources to help you unplug when you're struggling to do so. Whether you’re spending a lot of time on social media for your career, or just generally find yourself trying to cut back on your screen time, Social Media Detox is going to help change your relationship with the...Social Media! After speaking to many other content creators, Nicole realized that exhaustion was common in her field, and became set on the aim of giving advice on how to detox from your device. Whether it's tips on how to be easier on yourself after a misstep or just general advice on how to tame that desire to be on your phone, Nicole has it covered. So be sure to check out Social Media Detox, for tips that will improve your approach to the online world and TL;DRs on marketing and social media.

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 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.