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Gawlo Vol. 4 · No. 142 Tuesday Edition · 7:00 WEST
THE GAWLO BRIEF — DAILY NEWSLETTER

The morning brief that finds the conversation before it trends.

A five-minute read from Gawlo's editorial desk — sent at 7am Lisbon, edited by humans, sourced from the corners of the internet where stories actually start. No recycled press releases. No algorithmic feed. Eight to twelve long-reads a week, distilled into one daily dispatch.

Edited by Marta Quintas & Daniel Hofstetter · 187,000 readers · Free, forever
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PAST EDITIONS

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Every Brief we publish is archived here within minutes of sending. Backfill last week, sample the editorial voice, judge us by what we've actually written.

  1. FRI Mar 7
    EDITION №141

    The Discourse newsletter shutdown nobody noticed, and what it does to 14 academic departments.

    Plus: a Berlin court ruling on platform liability, a quiet rebrand at a major preprint server, and three Discord servers our researchers now monitor daily.

    5 min read · 6 stories
  2. THU Mar 6
    EDITION №140

    Inside the Slack group where 40 pharma CFOs are quietly rewriting pricing strategy in real time.

    What we learned from a two-month observation window, with the named-source caveat. Also: Mexico City's water-rights ruling and a Substack post that broke our traffic record.

    5 min read · 7 stories
  3. WED Mar 5
    EDITION №139

    A Bloomberg reporter's private Notion folder just leaked three weeks of macro calls — and the market is paying attention.

    We sourced the full folder, redacted the personally identifying metadata, and published only the public-record portions. Methodology attached.

    6 min read · 5 stories
  4. TUE Mar 4
    EDITION №138

    The private-Slack-to-FT pipeline, lithium corridors, and a quiet São Paulo antitrust move.

    Six stories worth your morning. Featured in today's sample above — full edition archived for the public record.

    5 min read · 6 stories
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