Technology and AI
Data centres, models, liability
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Let readers sign up for a regular email digest of the newsroom's most important stories across all beats. An independent editorial news blog covering technology, business, policy, sports, local New York stories, and world events with grounded reporting and clear editorial standards.
What arrives each week
One email, written by the desk, set for a short read
The digest opens with the story our editors think matters most that week — a piece of reporting from one of the beats, given a few paragraphs of context so you can place it in the wider picture. Below that sit four or five further links drawn from the same week, each with a line explaining why it was picked and which reporter filed it. Nothing is auto-filled from a feed; a person chooses the order.
The beats you will be reading
Every beat the newsroom covers appears in the digest on rotation, so readers who follow one subject will still see the others when a week demands it. The desk keeps its own count of what got filed and weights the email toward whichever beat produced the strongest reporting rather than the most clicks. If a subject is quiet that week, we say so instead of padding with recycled links.
Two of the sections — technology and business — cross over often, and those weeks usually carry a longer lead story because the reporting takes more explaining. Policy weeks tend to arrive with documents worth reading in full, so the digest links to those directly.
Business
Franchise, funding, labour
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City hall, hearings, rules
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Scores, seasons, sidelines
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Brooklyn streets, borough life
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Conflict, diplomacy, argument
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How we choose the lead story
The editors meet at the end of the week, look at everything filed since the last digest, and argue it out. The story that leads is the one with the most new information in it, not the one with the biggest name attached to it. If two stories are close, the one that affects more readers in New York usually goes first, because that is where most of our readers are.
Each digest also carries one correction line when something we published in the previous week needed a fix. We do not bury corrections at the bottom of an article; if the newsletter is where you read us, the newsletter is where you will see them. Our full editorial standards describe how sourcing, attribution, and fixing published mistakes work at the desk.
Where readers pick up the digest
Three ways in
Follow a single beat first
If you only want one subject, start with that section page and read the reporting for a few weeks before signing up. Readers who arrive knowing which beat they care about tend to stay subscribed longer — and they tell us which stories the digest should not miss.
The archive
Read what the desk has already filed
The full archive is open without a subscription. Skim a week of stories to see whether our reporting is the kind you want in your inbox.
Browse the news archiveQuestions about the digest
Ask the desk directly
Reach the newsroom during weekday hours if you want to know how the email is put together or where to follow one beat closely.
Contact the newsroomWhat to expect, week to week
A plain account of what the email is and is not, so nobody signs up expecting the wrong thing.
How often does the digest arrive?
Once a week, sent in the evening so it lands after the workday. On the rare week when a major story breaks late, the desk may send a single extra note rather than hold the reporting for seven days. You can expect roughly fifty-two emails a year, and no more than that unless something genuinely warrants it.
Do I need to pay to read the stories linked?
No. Everything the digest links to is published openly on the site, and the archive stays open after a story runs. Signing up only changes how you hear about the reporting — it does not unlock anything extra or change what you can read.
Which beats are always included?
Technology, business, policy, sports, local New York, society, opinion and world all appear across a month. Any single week may carry three or four of them, depending on what the desk filed. The digest is organised around the reporting, not around slots that must be filled.
How do I stop receiving it?
Every email carries a one-click unsubscribe link at the bottom, and it takes effect straight away. You do not need to email the desk or explain anything. If you change your mind later, you can sign up again on this page at any time.
Start with the week you are in
Read us first, then decide
There is no need to subscribe before you know whether you like the reporting. Open the sections, pick the beat you would actually read, and follow it for a week or two. If the desk's coverage holds up, the digest saves you the trouble of checking back.
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Beats the digest draws from
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Email a week, sent in the evening
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Additional stories linked each week, at most
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Issues a year, barring a breaking week
How the newsletter signup works
Signing up takes one field and no account. You give us an email address, we confirm it, and the first digest arrives with the next weekly send. There is nothing to install, no app to download, and no paywall waiting behind the confirmation link. If you change your mind, the unsubscribe link at the bottom of every email works on the first click.
The address you give us is used to send the digest and nothing else. We do not sell reader lists, and we do not pass your address to the beats or to anyone advertising alongside the site. The privacy policy explains in full what is stored and how to have it removed.
If you write to the desk instead — say you want a beat added, or you want to flag a story the digest missed — use the phone or email below during weekday hours. Reader notes often shape what the next issue carries.
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Before you sign up
Four things worth knowing about the digest
One —It is written by the desk, not assembled by a machine. A person picks the lead, writes the context paragraphs, and decides which links survive the cut.
Two —It will not chase a subject that has nothing new in it. A quiet beat in a quiet week stays quiet rather than filling the space.
Three —Corrections appear in the digest when the desk has had to fix something it published, so subscribers see them without hunting.
Reading the newsroom first
The news archive holds everything published recently, newest first. It is the fastest way to see how a beat is covered before you commit an inbox to it.