{"podcast":{"title":"The Newsletter Podcast with Fexingo: Substack, Beehiiv, and Email Newsletter Business","slug":"the-newsletter-podcast-with-fexingo-substack-beehiiv-and-email-newsletter-business-7871729","podcast_index_feed_id":7871729,"rss_url":"https://feeds.fexingo.com/business/the-newsletter-podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.fexingo.com/","image_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-newsletter-podcast/cover.png","author":"Fexingo","episode_count":120,"summary":"Every week, Lucas and Luna scrutinize the business of email newsletters — the platforms, the economics, the craft. From Substack's creator equity model to Beehiiv's ad-network play, they map the shifting landscape where independent writers and media companies collide. They examine real newsletters — Morning Brew, The Hustle, Lenny's Letter — to understand what drives growth, retention, and monetization. Lucas, a former journalist, pushes for the editorial side: How do you build a voice that compels opens? Luna, grounded in audience data, counters with open rates, churn curves, and unit economics. Together, they debate the tension between sponsored content and reader-funded models, the role of SEO and social distribution, and the fragility of a business built on a single inbox. This is not a how-to guide; it's a forensic look at a medium reshaping media. If you run a newsletter, think about starting one, or simply subscribe to a dozen, their conversations will change how you see that daily email. What happens when a writer's list becomes their primary asset — and what happens when it doesn't? #EmailNewsletter #Substack #Beehiiv #NewsletterBusiness #CreatorEconomy #MorningBrew #Medi…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T06:17:59.331548+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-newsletter-podcast-with-fexingo-substack-beehiiv-and-email-newsletter-business-7871729"},"episode":{"title":"How Newsletters Use Gen AI for Content Personalization","slug":"how-newsletters-use-gen-ai-for-content-personalization","published_at":"2026-06-09T18:31:14+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-newsletter-podcast-with-fexingo-substack-beehiiv-and-email-newsletter-business-7871729/how-newsletters-use-gen-ai-for-content-personalization","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-newsletter-podcast-with-fexingo-substack-beehiiv-and-email-newsletter-business-7871729","url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-newsletter-podcast/episode-0041.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-newsletter-podcast/episode-0041.mp3","summary":"This episode explores how email newsletter creators are using generative AI tools to personalize content for individual subscribers beyond simple name insertion. Lucas and Luna examine a case study from The Browser, a daily newsletter that curates five articles, which began A/B testing AI-generated summaries personalized to reader interest tags in early 2026. They discuss how Substack and Beehiiv have released native AI personalization features, the ethical line between helpful curation and deceptive automation, and why open rates for personalized editions jumped 22 percent. The hosts also consider what happens when the AI gets it wrong. By the end, you will understand a concrete workflow used by a real newsletter and know one metric that matters more than open rate for evaluating personalization success. #Newsletter #GenAI #ContentPersonalization #EmailMarketing #Substack #Beehiiv #TheBrowser #AIContent #MarketingTech #OpenRate #ClickThroughRate #Personalization #Curation #SubscriberEngagement #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Marketing #DigitalMedia Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"This episode explores how email newsletter creators are using generative AI tools to personalize content for individual subscribers beyond simple name ins…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":529,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-newsletter-podcast-with-fexingo-substack-beehiiv-and-email-newsletter-business-7871729/episodes/how-newsletters-use-gen-ai-for-content-personalization/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-newsletter-podcast-with-fexingo-substack-beehiiv-and-email-newsletter-business-7871729/how-newsletters-use-gen-ai-for-content-personalization.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}