👋🏻 Welcome to Newsletter Examples, where I highlight the formats, strategies, and best practices of leading newsletters to help you grow and monetize your newsletter.

Today, I show how Semafor, a global news startup, has reimagined the traditional news format through its daily newsletters. Total examples: 6 ✅ + 1 ❌. Total reading time: 3 minutes.

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Example 1: Map your contents ✅

Example 2: Separate fact from opinion ✅

Example 3: Make ads that pop ❌+✅

Example 4: Turn texts into stories ✅

Example 5: Round up the competition ✅

Example 6: Let a little levity in ✅

Hope you enjoyed this week’s examples. I’ll be back next week with a new set!

☮️ -Brad

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