email newsletters

2 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 3, 2021 by Benedict Evans · across every show →

Everything said about email newsletters, oldest first

Jan 3, 2021
Assertion Supported
Evans: Craigslist originated as an email newsletter
“And so there's just a kind of an interesting, like, swirling mass here, because, I mean, Craigslist started as a newsletter. Email newsletters have been around probably since before the web.”
Benedict Evans Jan 3, 2021 ▶ 1:11 The history of doom-scrolling
Jan 3, 2021 bearish
Opinion
Evans: Entertaining ten-year-olds generates far more money than niche newsletters
“Email newsletters for, like, insidery gossip around newspapers and tech strategy are, like, a super micro niche. Entertaining ten-year-olds, that's where the money's at.”
Benedict Evans Jan 3, 2021 ▶ 23:46 The history of doom-scrolling
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