Are attention, taste, trust the only moats left?
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This week on Letterland LIVE we're joined by Jacob Donnelly, founder of A Media Operator, fresh off moderating the AMO Summit.
Jacob plays Spam or Star (Is fandom the only metric that matters? Should every paid newsletter also run ads?), shares his biggest takeaways and a little green room intel from the AMO Summit, tells us where he stands on the "newsletters are dead" debate, and reveals what he reads every day.
Then Jordan DiPietro, founder of Signal // Noise Media, operating partner at srch., and former CEO of The Hustle and Hampton. Jordan breaks down how to tell if you built an audience or just a relationship with an algorithm, his three creator arbitrages (attention, taste and trust), how he's growing and monetizing Signal // Noise, whether the $7-a-month tier is a dead end, and why media companies should still hire 22-year-olds.
We'll get into:
- Fans vs. readers: Industry Dive's Sean Griffey says Morning Brew lost its fandom, and Brew CEO Robert Dippell fires back
- Stratechery is now presented by Stripe, and paying subscribers can't skip the ads
- Happy 4th birthday, Feed Me
- Substack's app now drives 40%+ of new subscriptions
- Axios is launching products by job title, because that's how people prompt AI
- Consulting Hat: a $1M-a-year solo newsletter operator wants to grow faster
- Chris Koerner's $1.40 subscribers from an AI agent running his Facebook ads, why Matt McGarry says the single-ESP newsletter is dying, LinkedIn's longer "see more", and more actionable intel
... and everything else you need to know about the newsletter world.
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About: Letterland is the front page of the newsletter industrial complex. Exclusive interviews, breaking news, and hot takes.
This week on Letterland LIVE we're joined by Jacob Donnelly, founder of A Media Operator, fresh off moderating the AMO Summit.
Jacob plays Spam or Star (Is fandom the only metric that matters? Should every paid newsletter also run ads?), shares his biggest takeaways and a little green room intel from the AMO Summit, tells us where he stands on the "newsletters are dead" debate, and reveals what he reads every day.
Then Jordan DiPietro, founder of Signal // Noise Media, operating partner at srch., and former CEO of The Hustle and Hampton. Jordan breaks down how to tell if you built an audience or just a relationship with an algorithm, his three creator arbitrages (attention, taste and trust), how he's growing and monetizing Signal // Noise, whether the $7-a-month tier is a dead end, and why media companies should still hire 22-year-olds.
We'll get into:
- Fans vs. readers: Industry Dive's Sean Griffey says Morning Brew lost its fandom, and Brew CEO Robert Dippell fires back
- Stratechery is now presented by Stripe, and paying subscribers can't skip the ads
- Happy 4th birthday, Feed Me
- Substack's app now drives 40%+ of new subscriptions
- Axios is launching products by job title, because that's how people prompt AI
- Consulting Hat: a $1M-a-year solo newsletter operator wants to grow faster
- Chris Koerner's $1.40 subscribers from an AI agent running his Facebook ads, why Matt McGarry says the single-ESP newsletter is dying, LinkedIn's longer "see more", and more actionable intel
... and everything else you need to know about the newsletter world.
Subscribe to never miss a Letterland LIVE: youtube.com/@LetterlandLIVE
Want some Pro Bono (Latin for "totally free, you guys") consulting from Tyler & Louis? Submit your most pressing newsletter questions here (https://forms.gle/uH6sAPMoTA4KXt7k7). Tyler & Louis could answer it live on air.
Join the Letterland Brief daily newsletter to keep on top of all the headlines and intelligence: letterlandlive.com
Follow the 'land on socials:
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/letterlandlive
X/Twitter: x.com/LetterlandLIVE
About: Letterland is the front page of the newsletter industrial complex. Exclusive interviews, breaking news, and hot takes.