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I don't need to convince OLDaily readers of the utility of the newsletter format, though I am concerned that the newfound popularity of the format might have long-lasting harmful effects on email. At any rate, this article focuses on the popularity of email newsletters, wrapping the discussion around the news that the Atlantic is launching nine subscriber newsletters. Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg writs In an editor's note that "Newsletters are conversational, unrehearsed, contingent, revelatory, humble, and entertaining, and journalism can always use more of these qualities." Open access wouldn't hurt either, but that moment may have passed.

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