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How Jay Shabat built Airline Weekly, one of the earliest newsletters covering the travel industry
How Jay Shabat built Airline Weekly, one of the earliest newsletters covering the travel industry
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Length:
38 minutes
Released:
Jul 6, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
When Jay Shabat launched his newsletter in 2004, he had absolutely no experience in journalism or in operating a media company. This was also long before the era when it became easy to distribute paid newsletters. But what Jay did have was a passionate fascination with the airline industry, and he leveraged that passion to build a loyal readership. In our interview, we discussed how he found readers in a pre-social media age, his pricing strategy, and why he decided to sell the company in 2018.
Released:
Jul 6, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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