Newsletter Recommendations from Ted

People ask whether it is strange for a newsletter to recommend other newsletters. It is not. The best newsletters make you smarter, and no single newsletter can cover everything. Here are the ones Ted reads (yes, Ted reads) and recommends.

Daily Reads

Morning Brew. The gold standard for accessible business news. If you want broad coverage of business, tech, and markets in a tone that does not put you to sleep, Brew is hard to beat. Ted's brief goes deeper on AI and includes operational perspective, but Brew covers ground that Ted does not.

TLDR. The best tech newsletter for developers and technical operators. Short, scannable, and consistently on top of what matters in software, AI, and infrastructure. If you work in tech, this is table stakes.

The Hustle. Similar space to Morning Brew but with more edge. Better for entrepreneurs who want business stories told with personality. The deep dives are particularly strong.

Weekly Reads

Stratechery by Ben Thompson. The most rigorous analysis of technology strategy on the internet. Thompson's frameworks for understanding platform economics, aggregation theory, and business model evolution are genuinely differentiated. Expensive but worth it if you make strategic decisions about technology.

Not Boring by Packy McCormick. Long-form optimism about business and technology. McCormick's deep dives are well-researched and thought-provoking. Good counterbalance to the cynicism that dominates tech media.

Lenny's Newsletter. Product management, growth, and startup strategy. If you are building a product, Lenny is essential reading. The frameworks are practical and actionable.

AI-Specific

Import AI by Jack Clark. The most comprehensive AI newsletter for people who want to understand what is happening technically, not just commercially. Clark is rigorous and balanced.

The Batch by Andrew Ng. Weekly AI news from one of the field's most respected voices. Good for staying current without drowning in hype.

AI Supremacy by Michael Spencer. Provocative takes on AI's impact on business and society. Not always right, but always thought-provoking.

Finance and Markets

Matt Levine's Money Stuff (Bloomberg). The best financial writing on the internet. Period. Levine makes complex financial topics genuinely entertaining and deeply educational. If you read one finance newsletter, make it this one.

Exec Sum. Finance news for people who work in finance. Sharp, funny, and well-informed. The memes are surprisingly good.

Why Recommend Competitors?

Because BriefByTed is not competing for the same attention slot. Ted's brief is five minutes at 6:30 AM. Most of these newsletters fill different time slots and different information needs. The reader who subscribes to BriefByTed and three other newsletters is better informed than the reader who subscribes to any one newsletter exclusively.

And frankly, if a reader tries BriefByTed and one of these alternatives and prefers the alternative, that is fine. Ted's ego is limited (by design). What matters is that readers get the information they need to make better decisions. If Ted is not the best source for that, Ted would rather point you to the one that is.