Photo: Universal History Archive Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Over the past few years, online-publishing platforms have made it easy for users to charge a subscription fee for newsletters. As Facebook, Google, and private equity have laid waste to print media nationwide, these platforms have given rise to a new publishing economy, in which any writer with a dedicated following might be able to make a living.
“We’ve developed this habit of outsourcing everything we’re reading to our Facebook and Twitter feeds. Paying for writers that you trust is a way to take back control,” Best said. “People are ready to take back their mind.” 2. Letters from an American Heather Cox Richardson, a professor at Boston College, contextualizes today’s news with American history.What you get: Richardson’s newsletter started as a regular Facebook post in which she offered historical context for Trump’s Ukraine scandal and subsequent impeachment. Now, readers wake to a roundup of the previous day’s news delivered in the clear-eyed language of an email from your smartest friend, who happens to have a Ph.D.
And others are climbing the charts quickly: Heated A former staff writer at The New Republic, Emily Atkin writes an impassioned, deeply reported newsletter on climate change four times a week.Cost: $8 a month. Popular Information ThinkProgress founder Judd Legum reinvents his liberal news and opinion blog as a newsletter.What you get: Want a comprehensive guide to the Trump Administration’s attack on the USPS? Or an investigation into Sarah Palin’s “Facebook grift”? Popular Information has you covered.For: Anyone looking for a break from GMAT prep.