This past week there was another huge newsletter acquisition with The Hustle joining HubSpot. It'll be interesting to see how it's integrated into HubSpot's business. It could be used mainly to generate leads or will they invest in the Trends product? We'll see.

This week's featured newsletters cover game development, books by women, cloud computing, jobs in Japan, package design, and more!

Articles & Tools

HubSpot is acquiring The Hustle — www.axios.com

The Hustle's daily business newsletter has more than 1.5 million subscribers.

Twitter and Facebook are going to ruin newsletters, aren’t they? — www.fastcompany.com

Newsletters give journalism a business model that doesn’t depend on a big tech platform—and readers a more calming, sustainable way to engage with the news. But now Big Tech platforms are butting in.

Bustle wants to turn its newsletters into an 8-figure business, in part, with a rewards program — digiday.com

The more the conversation points to revenue, the more publishers are strategizing for how to get more skin in the email game.

Featured Newsletters

Game Dev Digest — inboxreads.co

A free, weekly newsletter containing Unity game dev news, articles, tips, tricks, assets, videos and more. Everything you need to keep up-to-date in the world of Unity 3D, 2D, VR & AR game/app development.

Read a Girl — inboxreads.co

Every month discover one book written by a woman. The mission is to bring to light the work of amazing writers who, sometimes, get overshadowed by their gender.

Japan Dev — inboxreads.co

Want to work at a tech company in Japan? Get job alerts and insights that'll help you avoid the pitfalls and find a genuinely great job in Japan.

Cloudbites — inboxreads.co

Cloudbites sheds light into the cloud computing industry for students and young professionals. Subscribe for bite-sized, easy-to-understand content through fortnightly newsletters!

Switch to iPad — inboxreads.co

Switch to iPad is a journey to going iPad only. That is to say, getting rid of all those pesky Macs and PCs, and relying on the magic piece of glass that is the iPad as my primary (big) computing device.

Tailwind Newsletter — inboxreads.co

Tailwind CSS tips, news, updates, snippets and all the best freebies, all yours, every week!

The SEO Letter — inboxreads.co

Free email newsletter with hand-picked resources on SEO, thought-provoking posts, and a short summary of what's in the article to help you save time.

Touch Point — inboxreads.co

TOUCH POINT is a bi-weekly briefing on the business of package design. Each newsletter is filled with insights, inspiration and analysis on packaging strategy, consumer trends, retail developments, and brand design.

See Ya

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