21 Email Newsletters for Content Marketers
Our favorite picks.
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Jason Hirschhorn's REDEF
The "DJ of the Internet," Jason Hirschhorn curates, remixes and then distributes the best content on the web to your mailbox. Focusing on media, fashion, music, sports, tech & originals, pick and choose which mixes interest you and get your mind moving to the beat of this internet jam.
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Daily Must Reads from Mediashift
http://pbs.us2.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=f32534a334b03264ce60a3732&id=5371aa94a8
Collecting the best stories across the web on media and technology, PBS Mediashift curates the best trends in media and journalism. It grabs thought-provoking articles and the latest news to your email every day, curated by Julie Keck. It also includes latest articles from their own media site, as well as upcoming events and training for journalists. They also have half a dozen or so other newsletters [here.](http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/)
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Re/code Daily
http://recode.net/newsletters/subscribe/
Combining a handful of updates of the latest tech news, original reporting and one awesome piece of journalism published elsewhere, Re/code is one of the best tech newsletters around.
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Nieman Journalism Lab
http://www.niemanlab.org/subscribe/
The Nieman Foundation at Harvard University wants to figure out where journalism and where it's going in the future. With original reporting about the latest trends, startups, tools and news in journalism, the newsletter also features a curated collection of what Nieman's reading, making it a must read for every journalist, technologist and content marketer.
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Digiday
In addition to some really excellent reporting on brands, agencies, publishers and platforms, Digiday has a pretty stellar newsletter to highlight its media journalism. What's really interested, though, is that the newsletter features Sponsored Posts (which are clearly marked).
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ReadThisThing
The beauty of ReadThisThing's newsletter is that there is only one link per email of incredible journalism you must read. From shortform to longform journalism spanning every subject imagineable, it's a must for people who like stories. And everyone likes stories.
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Links I would ghat you if we were friends
Internet culture sure is a doozy. Luckily, Washington Post journalist Caitlin Dewey reads the internet so you don't have to. Reporting on the latest bits cat picture phenonmenon, the newest internet lingo, the latest trends in platforms, -isms in internet culture, longform articles, gifs and our changing internet culture in general, it's a one-two punch of intelligence and wit on a daily work basis.
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Today in Tabs
http://tinyletter.com/todayintabs/
Do you leave too many tabs open in your browser? If so, it's time to admit you have a problem and sign up for Rusty Foster's column/newsletter from Fast Company. Riddled with wit and jokes, Foster tackles the day's journalism news and news itself.
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The Ann Friedman Weekly
http://tinyletter.com/annfriedman
If you hate email overload, you may want to go for weekly musings and collections of Ann Friedman. The weekly variety newsletter summarizes the best journalism on the internet in the past week. Bonus: check out the testimonials at the end of her emails for a nice chuckle.
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Real Future by Alexis Madrigal
http://tinyletter.com/realfuture
A tech and science writer for Fusion, journalist Alexis Madrigal sends you 5 interesting tidbits from the past and future. Stories range from wearable computers, drones, biohacking, geoengineering, machine logic, AI, digital mapping, coercive feedback loops, autonomous everything, representing the Internet in art, and you get the idea.
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Inbound.org
What's trending in the trendy inbound marketing world? Glad you asked. The community for internet marketers use this upvoting system to send you the best links for inbound marketing every day.
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Smart Brief
Smart Brief reads the best of the best on the internet for you, sending comprehensive lists of your favorite subject. Choose from over half a dozen daily and weekly emails on subjects related to your industry (marketing & tech, for example) to stop scouring for the latest industry news.
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The Moz Top 10
The semi-monthly newsletter collects and shares the latest insider tips, inbound marketing and more in a list-friendly structure. Insightful, interesting and inclusive, every marketer needs this in their inbox.
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Hacker Newsletter
http://www.hackernewsletter.com/
This weekly newsletter rounds up the best articles on the latest tech, startups, programming and more. A favourite among of tech people, it's a great example of curation as adding value to the lives of busy tech workers.
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Sidebar.io
Sending you 5 of the best design links your way every morning, this newsletter selects its links based on the whims of Sidebar editors who vote on the articles. Collaborative and carefully curated, designers will dig this breezy newsletter.
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99u
From inception to execution, all work is tricky to pull off. The peeps behind 99U know this, which is why they send emails to the creative and technical world with inspiring articles to get stuff done. With real-world best practices for making ideas happen, it's a great little reminder of why you are doing what you love, in a compact email.
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JavaScript Weekly
Promising no spam (ever), JavaScript Weekly sends a weekly email round-up to your inbox of JavaScript news and articles. A must-read for technologists.
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MIT Technology Review
http://newsletters.technologyreview.com/
Collecting the day's best stories in tech from around the world (aka it's not exclusive to reporting on Silicon Valley), MIT covers the "nerdy news" beats like energy, biomedicine, computing and business, carving out a niche curating site for itself.
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Web Design Weekly
https://web-design-weekly.com/
The perfect companion to your morning coffee, the once-a-week email offers the best news and articles of the latest trends in the web design trade. In a rapid-moving industry like the web, this nwesletter cuts right to the chase—no spam, no rambling, just "awesome" links.
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Product Hunt
If you are constantly on the hunt for the best productivity tools, newest startups and innovative software, Product Hunt's summary of the best new products is for you. Bonus points for its own curation of collections of awesome products.
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Quietly
Quietly's suite of tools for digital publishers features a content management platform and marketplaces to source and monetize content. Our newsletter for brands and publishers is pretty awesome, if I don't say so myself.