Where the best minds in the new media and creator economy come to learn and connect | February 25-26, 2027 | Austin, Texas
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🚀 Why Email Newsletters Are A Smart Bet in 2025
✅ Just got back from the @TheNMSummit in Austin, Texas. This inaugural event was incredibly well run and no one knows newsletter growth better than @JMatthewMcGarry . After deep-diving into this space, I’m more convinced than ever:
📩 Owning your audience is everything. Algorithms shift. Paid ads get pricier. But your email list? That’s yours. At HalfCourt Ventures, we have had a newsletter for years and years (thanks to Rob May's writing skills) Podcasts are great (we have one too), but newsletters? They’re the foundation of your audience.
💰 Monetization is maturing. Whether it’s sponsorships or paid subscriptions, the infrastructure is finally here. I’ve been too early before on audience channels (little known fact... I ran a web video company in 2005—yep, pre-YouTube). But today, the opportunity is ripe for newsletters because monetization opportunities abound.
📢 Quality content always works. In a world where most are trying outsource content creation to AI, the need for high-quality, trusted voices will be even more rewarded. If you're in B2C, you can build top of funnel engagement to later push product. If you’re in B2B and serve a niche, you need a newsletter. Period.
📝 I’ve documented everything I’ve learned from this event into a playbook we are rolling out across our portfolio and soon will share more about the experiments we're running.
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Big news! @thesamparr is speaking at New Media Summit on:
- Building Hampton into a $10M+ ARR community business
- How to grow a podcast and YouTube channel
- Learnings from My First Million & MoneyWise
- Money, wealth, and personal finance
- And more
I'm super excited to have Sam back at @TheNMSummit, along with 500+ attendees and speakers like:
Codie Sanchez, Ryan Deiss, and 20+ more.
New Media Summit retweeted
BIG NEWS: New Media Summit (@TheNMSummit) is completely sold out!
Next week 550+ founders and creators from around the world are gathering in Austin, Texas, to discuss the future of media, newsletters, and education.
See ya'll soon!
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Content is still king - New Media Summit delivered great deep dives helping us rock our 2026 marketing plans acros newsletters and social - plus, awesome folks all around @TheNMSummit
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Announcement: We're hosting a new event!
Audience Camp is a 3-day lakeside retreat in Asheville, North Carolina, designed for 6 & 7-figure+ media founders, operators, and creators.
This isn't your typical event, and that's by design.
Instead, we'll have:
💡 Interactive workshops with audience growth, monetization, and engagement experts
🔥 Outdoor adventures and fireside chats (with an actual fire and s’mores)
💭 A curated group of high-level thinkers (limited to 40 total attendees)
Our speakers and mentors include:
✅ Justin Moore (@justinmooretfam) - founder of Creator Wizard, world-renowned sponsorship coach, and author of Sponsor Magnet.
✅ Erika Burghardt, VP of Growth at 1440, marketing lead at the world’s fastest-growing newsletter (4.5M+ subscribers & 300k+ new subscribers per month)
✅ Katelyn Bourgoin (@KateBour), founder of Why We Buy, buyer psychology expert with 60k+ newsletter subscribers
✅ Daniel Bustamante, COO at Premium Ghostwriting Academy + Ship 30 For 30 ($7M+ in annual revenue)
✅ Ricci Wolman, founder & CEO at Written Word Media (1.5M+ newsletter subscribers and 12,000+ advertisers)
✅ Jason Woodruff, founder & CEO at The Pour Over (1M+ newsletter subscribers)
✅ And more speakers and attendees will be shared soon!
I’ll be presenting too, sharing the strategies that have driven 10M+ newsletter subscribers and $100M+ in sales for clients.
I'm stoked to bring together some of my favorite people in a beautiful outdoor environment where we can share our "ninja level shit".
Learn more and apply to attend below:
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Spoke at a newsletter conference.
There were about 15 ex Hustle employees there.
They now run agencies, media companies, or other businesses in the space. Many are now millionaires or pay themselves wonderfully and can spend time with their families.
I’m incredibly proud of what we did at The Hustle.
It wasn’t some big grandiose thing where we went to mars, but in our little media industry we pioneered a new way of doing stuff and made our own path that others now can follow.
I’m proud that we hired a bunch of wacky and smart 20 something’s and we all learned a bunch of shit together and have gone on to implement those skills and build their dream life.
Ok, mushy stuff over. But this was fun!
We had a blast with you @stephsmithio!
Love that you were able to (re)connect with several communities and crews.
Good times all around at the event and afterward!
Coming off an amazing few days in Austin for the @TheNMSummit. Felt like so many reunions!
@TheHustle crew. Twitter creator run-ins. @internet_pipes community meetup. Austin friend hangs. Plus some chess with @jaltucher!
s/o to @JMatthewMcGarry + @ahrifs for organizing! 🙌
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Great footage @nickgraynews! Thanks for this high-quality BTS of Day 2!
I will show you what happens backstage at a conference
starring: @thesamparr @nevmed @nathanbarry @businessbarista @JMatthewMcGarry
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New Media Summit retweeted
Leaving Austin after a great @TheNMSummit. Thank you to @JMatthewMcGarry for a fantastic event!
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@stephsmithio Thanks for a great talk today at @TheNMSummit. You're the best!
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Steph Smith, founder Internet Pipes & podcaster @a16z, formerly at @TheHustle sharing 10+ tools & tactics she’s used to create multiple digital products selling in the six-figures or build a Twitter following of 150k.
@stephsmithio @TheNMSummit @storytelling4E
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Founder of 1440 Tim Huelskamp talking about how u HAVR to delight the reader - nothing else matters on the journey from dozens to millions of readers - serving readers drives retention, growth, and a flywheel business model. They are growing 300K+ monthly growth, — prioritize audience obsession over short-term metrics.
@THuelskamp
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@TheNMSummit @storytelling4E
New Media Summit retweeted
Matt McGarry kicking off Day 2
Newsletter Marketing Summit
In #Austin
@storytelling4E @TheNMSummit @JMatthewMcGarry
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Tim Huelskamp, CEO and founder of 1440, brought the heat at the Newsletter Marketing Summit —
also iPhone out here taking professional photos fr fr ong
@thenmsummit
VIP dinner was a blast! Thank for breaking bread with us and talking all things newsletters
Day 1 at @TheNMSummit was information packed along with the chance to geek out over newsletters and celebrate at the VIP dinner with fellow newsletter operators Sam Havelock of @SOFXnetwork, Matt McCue of @findaily and our gracious host @JMatthewMcGarry! Looking forward to Day 2! #newsletter
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The founder of Adcrate.co @alexgoughcooper sharing how to make ad creative that converts for newsletters – has a process for successful ad creative, exact ad formats working right now, and how to produce ads faster and smarter with AI.
@storytelling4e @thenmsummit
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