What are the best independent newsletters you subscribe to?

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After feeling like I was drowning in information between news websites, blogs and Twitter, I've found myself increasingly turning towards curated newsletters delivered to my inbox on the topics I care most about from interesting people in the field. Specifically, I'm interested in reading about startup funding news and advice, consumer technology trends and political economy -- although I'm open to reading about new topics too!

Here's a couple I already subscribe to: 
1/ tech/marketing/french politics by Liam Boogar - https://www.getrevue.co/profile/liamboogar
2/ general news roundup by Lauren Holliday - https://discover.getrevue.co/newsletters/the-new-and-the-next
3/ news and commentary on voice computing by Matt Hartman - https://www.getrevue.co/profile/hearingvoices
4/ tech-focused news from Benedict Evans - https://www.ben-evans.com/newsletter/
5/ business models/political economy/society by Azeem Azhar - https://discover.getrevue.co/newsletters/the-exponential-view

I found the majority of these via the Revue discover tool which is awesome: https://discover.getrevue.co/

Andrew Ettinger · Accepted Answer

Newsletter that actually explains the basics of personal finance, mixed in with the news.

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Understand today's financial news in 3 minutes. For free.

Stephen Chip · Answer

Morning Brew has become my daily go-to email newsletter. It’s an awesome daily newsletter that delivers the top business news in a way that’s informative and witty. Best of all, it’s free, and only takes 5 minutes to read each morning!

Ionut Neagu · Answer

Fun weekly newsletter with personality.

David Hutcheson · Answer

This is the weekly newsletter by Kai Brach, the man behind Offscreen Magazine (which you should also check out if you're interested in well-curated tech publications).

Kai is my go-to curator in tech and in his newsletter he shares everything from new apps to check out, to tech gadgets and weekly readings, all in a simple, considerate newsletter.

I think you'll love it 👍

Sabina Ionescu · Answer

Probably one of the best-written newsletters I'm reading. It comes with links to awesome tech finds and cool miscelanea, curated with humor and much wit.

Bryan M. Blanchot · Answer

One of the worst landing pages I've ever seen but the content of the newsletter is fascinating. It's a long narrative read  that is focused on general trends as perceived by Warren Ellis.

Stowe Boyd · Answer

I curate the Work Futures newsletter, which is an exploration of the ecology of work, and the anthropology of the future.

Rosemary O'Neill · Answer

This email newsletter/blog doesn't really fit into the category of news and trends, but reading it will expand your mind beyond the usual content you see all over the web. Curated by Maria Popova, it might include art, literature, interesting tidbits from across the spectrum. It's my favorite way to step outside my own "filter bubble."

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I read The Intercept pretty regularly. Maybe it's bs for some other people out here but I'd say they're unbiased (at least way more than others).

Andrew Askins · Answer

I run Startup Watching! It goes out twice a week, and unlike a lot of the others here it's focused less on news and more on background stories from other in-the-trenches startups. It has about 10,000 subscribers, and each issue has 5 links to stories and inspiration.

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I have been a subscriber to this newsletter for months and I have relied on it to keep me up to date in the VC world. It's great if you want to learn about acquisitions or fundraising, as well as a startup news from a VCs perspective.

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Shane Parrish of Farnam Street sets out to "Upgrade Your Thinking" in the Brain Food Newsletter. In his own words, "In contrast to the “mental fast food” invading the web, FS is a rare collection of timeless knowledge that is both hearty and real."

Simona Bali · Answer

Pretty much the only newsletter that keeps my attention from title to footer. Entertaining, insightful, more like a friend than a newsletter.

Bobby Dragulescu · Answer

Silicon Valley happenings in a sharp, witty, tidy little package. The best writing I've ever seen in a newsletter hands down.

Adelina Tuca · Answer

I think this is the only newsletter that gives you the weirdest stories that you're going to read the whole week. It has interesting concepts and tools that you don't see shared in many other tech newsletters. And it makes you laugh. :)

hungry_caterpillar · Answer

Awesome weekly dose of company news

Tom Richardson · Answer

To the point and covering interesting topics in a language I enjoy. Some nuggets to take away.

Lisa Dziuba · Answer

Love this one for iOS programming news.

João Cunha · Answer

I've been following Hacker Newsletter for 8 years now. It's essentially a weekly curation of the top Hacker News articles made by Kale Davis. What I like the most about it is that it always has content that I can share with my geeky-but-non-hardcore-programmer friends, and the top picks are usually super impressive information.

I can't recommend it enough. It's my favorite newsletter along with PH's.

Boštjan Bregar · Answer

Do they also have a Slack group?

Josiah · Answer

Software Box has a great email newsletter. They have a great database with the top cross-platform freeware out there. The newsletter keeps you up-to-date with new releases and software you may not have heard of.

James Wood · Answer

You can't beat Zero hedge for market and general news.

Rodica Andronache · Answer

A really interesting concept, full of personality!

Dovile Sinke · Answer

I like Tomaslau.com  newsletters - not mainstream like TIm Ferriss but good insights in latest productivity apps, books, enterpreneural stuff etc

Matthew Benjamin · Answer

The Skimm puts all the news you need in one place. I have been an active reader for a couple of years now and can't imagine starting my morning without it.

Edward Tay · Answer

Without data, we're just another person with an opinion. The team at CB Insiders fight the pundit-industrial complex with cold, hard data that helps us be the smartest person in the room.

Chris Eigner · Answer

Another great tech info newsletter

Chris Eigner · Answer

Fantastic source of daily tech info.

George Bull · Answer

really good breakdown of weekly financial news!

Gary Little · Answer

weekly email is very informative and nice and light-hearted

kate allen · Answer

Well, I like company & news insights in casual smart tone...so ye this is great

Tom Richardson · Answer

quick and easy info, the way I like to digest my info

Ben Warner · Answer

I reckon this is the only newsletter that gives you the best angle on the key stories that you're going to read the whole week.

Jackie O'neill · Answer

A newsletter that covers the business news and why it matters to the markets/finances

Greg Tobasso · Answer

Ye, Spotlight for the UK is ideal - probably Hustle in the US?

Stuart Arsenault · Answer

Much more retail than tech, but great insights on consumer in general.

Greg Tobasso · Answer

Ye, Spotlight for the UK is ideal - probably Hustle in the US?

Tom Lovelace · Answer

Easy simple overview of financial news and how it affects me. I love it

Jared Phillips · Answer

An email that takes you through financial news and tells you what you need to know!

Bryan M. Blanchot · Answer

Short summary of the latest tech, security, and media news. Clear and concise style.

Louis de Vaumas · Answer

I love how Owen sums up and analyse tech news. Great newsletter!

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An amazing moderate and rational newsletters with incredibly analytical insights. "it has been called "superb" by the evolutionary biologist and writer Richard Dawkins,"real journalism" by the psychologist Jordan Peterson, and "one of the most stimulating & original new web magazines" by Steven Pinker of Harvard University.

Quillette has become one of my favorite publishments to date.

WeVu.Video · Answer

It's indispensable in the learning technology business. Excellent, balanced perspective. Great links to everywhere. A little US-heavy, but isn't everything.

Simona Bali · Answer

Discovered it recently and it is beyond fascinating. If you wanna understand more about mental models and how to change your thinking then this is a must.

Adrian Shedden · Answer

Lumio Spotlight provides plain English, humorous & educational financial news.  Broader and more balanced than for example Finimize - Lumio looks at the bigger picture of actions affecting stakeholders and not just investor profits (like Finimize).