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Re:Morning Brew went from college newsletter to $75M in 5 years by KoftaBob on Friday March 19, 2021 @06:59AM (#26511925)
People read newsletters to be informed on certain topics, entertained, or for their curiosity.

Those who find enough value out of a newsletter that does one of those things for them, will be willing to pay for it.

You could say the same thing about books, newspapers, magazines, etc.

Re:Morning Brew went from college newsletter to $75M in 5 years by rorykoehler on Friday March 19, 2021 @09:09AM (#26512858)
I do say the same for magazines and newspapers. Most books however are in a distant category. Their primary purpose is not to extract a dollar from you.
Re:Morning Brew went from college newsletter to $75M in 5 years by alex_g on Friday March 19, 2021 @11:42AM (#26514632)
I think if you looked at the newsletters that people are paying for, you’d see they are very different from most of the newsletters we’re familiar with.

The newsletters that are treated like lead generation tools are not the ones making subscription revenues.