# Newsletters that feature your startup We checked 3 newsletters from Oct 14 to 30, 2026: 3 were online. Newsletters email new products to their readers, either free when the editor picks you or as a paid placement. Source: https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/newsletters. Checked Oct 14 to 30, 2026. Updated Oct 29, 2026. ## At a glance - Online: 3 of 3 (Answered when we checked) - New listings, dated: 0 (Showed listings we could date) ## Best picks by goal Chosen from our checks alone: the facts named are the ones we confirmed. - **On the most visited site:** [TLDR](https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/newsletters/tldr). Among the 1 million most visited sites (Tranco, Oct 2026). - **The most linked to by other sites:** [TLDR](https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/newsletters/tldr). How often other sites link to it: 51 out of 100 (Common Crawl, Oct 2026). ## Our picks - [Console](https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/newsletters/console): A weekly devtools newsletter. Its page says to suggest a tool by email, and that it does not take payment for reviews. - [TLDR](https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/newsletters/tldr): A daily tech email that links to news stories; a product gets in through its sponsorships, priced in a custom proposal. - [Ben's Bites](https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/newsletters/bensbites): Writes about building with AI agents and tools worth trying. Its site describes no way to submit, so pitch only a close fit. ## Before you pitch a newsletter A newsletter mention puts your product in front of readers who already trust the writer, which can send a burst of sign-ups in a single day. There are two ways in: the writer picks your product on its merits, or you buy a sponsored spot. Start with the small newsletters in your niche, where a pitch is read by the person who writes it. The big ones mostly sell placements; each record says which way in the newsletter states. ### How to do it well - Read the last few issues before you pitch, and pitch only the ones that cover products like yours. - Write a pitch of three sentences: what it does, who it is for, and why it fits their readers now. - Send a link the readers can try today, not a deck. - Time the pitch a week or two before your launch, so the mention lands while people can sign up. ### How to pitch a newsletter A writer reads dozens of pitches a week and answers the ones that make the issue easier to write. - Address the writer by name and mention an issue you read. - Lead with what is new or useful for their readers, not with your funding or your story. - Offer something they can use: a short demo, a screenshot, a line they could quote. - Follow up once after a week, then let it go. ## The list "Online" means the site answered when we checked but we could not confirm a date on its listings. "Active" means we confirmed a dated listing, shown with its date. "Not known" means we could not confirm it. Price is what getting listed costs; Link is what we read on real listings. ### Every place (3) | # | Place | What it is | Status | Price | Link | Checked | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | [Console](https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/newsletters/console) | Console is a free weekly devtools newsletter. It lists developer tools, beta releases, and infrastructure and cloud services. | Online | Not known | Not known | Oct 26, 2026 | | 2 | [TLDR](https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/newsletters/tldr) | TLDR is a free daily tech newsletter with 8,000,000+ readers. It lists startup news stories, tech news stories and programming news stories. | Online | Not known | Not known | Oct 26, 2026 | | 3 | [Ben's Bites](https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/newsletters/bensbites) | Ben's Bites is a Substack publication on building with agents and tools worth trying. It lists AI agents, AI tools worth trying, and Claude and Anthropic posts. | Online | Not known | Not known | Oct 26, 2026 | ## Questions founders ask ### Which newsletters feature startups for free? The ones whose writers choose what to cover. Console reviews developer tools and its page says it does not take payment for reviews; you suggest a tool by email. Many small niche newsletters work the same way. ### How do I pitch a newsletter? By email, in three sentences: what it does, who it is for, and why it fits their readers. Read a few issues first and pitch only when your product fits what they cover. ### Is a paid newsletter ad worth it? Sometimes. It works when the readers match your buyers closely and the ad points to one clear action, such as joining a waitlist. Test the smallest placement first and measure the sign-ups it brings before you buy a bigger one. ### How much does a newsletter ad cost? It depends on the newsletter, and many do not publish a price. TLDR's ad pages say pricing is set in a custom proposal, and Console's advertise page shows no prices. Ask for the rate, the audience and past results before you pay. ### Should I sponsor a big newsletter or a small one? A small one that fits, first. A niche newsletter costs less, its readers are closer to your buyers, and the result tells you whether a bigger placement is worth it. ### When should I pitch a newsletter before launch? One to two weeks before. Most writers plan issues ahead, and a mention that lands on launch week sends readers while you are ready for them. ### Do newsletter mentions help SEO? Not much. An email is not a web page, so most of the value is the readers who click. Some newsletters keep a public web archive, where a link may be read like any other page. ### How do I find newsletters in my niche? Ask your customers what they read, search for the newsletters writers in your field mention, and look at who sponsors your competitors. A short list of five that fit beats a long list you cannot pitch properly. ## How we checked How we checked: from Oct 14 to 30, 2026 our checker opened each newsletter's home page, its submit page and up to six real listings, without AI. A price, a review time or a badge rule counts only when the place's own page states it, and a link counts only when we read it on real listings. "Not known" means we could not confirm it, not that it is missing. The full method: https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/how-we-check. ## Related - [Launch boards to launch your startup on](https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/launch-boards) - [Forums where you can share your startup](https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/forums) - [Product directories to list your startup in](https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/product-directories) - [AI directories to submit your AI tool](https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/ai-directories) ## More lists - Types: [Launch boards](https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/launch-boards), [Directories](https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/product-directories), [AI directories](https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/ai-directories), [Subreddits](https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/subreddits), [Forums](https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/forums), [App stores](https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/app-stores), [Review sites](https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/review-sites), [Deal sites](https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/deal-sites), [Regional](https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/regional), [Startup marketplaces](https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/sell-your-startup) - Collections: [Start here](https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/start-here), [Free and dofollow](https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/free-dofollow), [For consumer apps](https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/consumer-apps), [Before you launch](https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/before-you-launch) - Views: [Listed this month](https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/listed-this-month) - [All places](https://getlaunchlist.com/directories) - [How we check](https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/how-we-check)