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In the 1930s, as today, the shift to newsletters arose amidst a crisis of confidence in the newspaper industry

by Zeeshan M

Peak Newsletter? That Was 80 Years Ago

In the 1940s, journalists fled traditional news outlets to write directly for subscribers. What happened next may be a warning.

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    Great read! It’s easy to fall into a trap thinking that everything is new (eg Substack) when in reality it closely correlates to things happening 90 years ago.

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