[lbo-talk] newsletters

[shag carpet bomb]

are these guys like the spy-chasers at Stratfor? They trade in information 
that is widely available, packaging it up and reselling it as some sort of 
insight into the working of the economy, markets, etc. Small chunks of 
information suitable for reading on the john.

I suppose one giant book ought to be written on this sort of occupation in 
an "information economy:" gossip shows, financial newsletter writers, 
spy-chasers? Joshua Gamson wrote an interesting book on celebrity and 
gossip that would certainly lend insight.

At 05:59 AM 3/6/2012, Tony Rolfe wrote:
>seems to me more and moer, finance-centric newsletters are a big deal.
>  John Mauldin is a big deal.  David Rosenburg is a big deal.  on it
>goes.
>
>Do you know anyone that has looked at this phenomenon or something
>similar?   They all read as if you're getting some sort of
>personalized advice (I'm one of Mauldin's "gentle readers"), but the
>distribution lists are gigantic--so the material is massaged for a
>wide audience.  And it's very political material, book reviews, etc..
>a culture guide almost.
>
>Anyone looked at the finance newsletter phenom?
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