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A tool for newsletter curators that reads every source you follow and scores each article against your standards, so you review the best out of what matters.

Your sources. Your standards. One briefing.

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What a briefing looks like

Sample briefing · weekly scan · 42 sources · 187 articles read · 23 scored into tiers

Must read (2)

Must read

The Operators Letter

The quiet consolidation of industrial software

theoperatorsletter.com/consolidation

Three acquisitions in six weeks, one buyer, and a pattern most coverage missed: the roll up is happening at the integration layer, not the application layer.

91
Original insight34
Evidence28
Timeliness17
Reader fit12

Why here: your brief asks for original analysis that changes how you see an industry, built on primary sources. This piece names the buyers, quotes the filings, and draws a conclusion nobody else has published this week.

Must read

Hardware Notes

What a $40 warehouse robot says about the next decade of logistics

hardwarenotes.io/forty-dollar-robot

A teardown with real unit economics, and a sober case for why the cost curve matters more than the demos.

87

Consider (2)

Consider

The Field Guide

Cloud costs are the new rent: a framework for negotiating them

fieldguide.co/cloud-costs-rent

Useful framework, thin on new data. Worth a slot if the week runs light on operations pieces.

74
Consider

Signals Weekly

Notes on the enterprise AI adoption gap

signalsweekly.net/adoption-gap

Good survey data on pilot to production rates, though the conclusions stay close to the consensus.

69

Skip (19) · product launch recaps, funding round listicles and rehashed news, each with its reason on record

How it works

  1. Add your sources

    Paste any URL and Masthead finds the feed.

  2. Set your standards

    Answer guided questions or paste your own scoring instructions.

  3. Get your briefing

    Every article read in full, scored and ranked into tiers with the reasoning shown.

What it does

  • Transparent scoring

    Every article gets a score, subscores and a plain reason you can read.

  • Your standards, always editable

    Change your scoring instructions any time. Guided questions or your own prompt, either works.

  • On your schedule

    A weekly briefing on the day and hour you pick, plus run now scans on paid plans.

  • Export anywhere

    Copy the whole briefing as clean markdown, or download it as markdown, plain text or a Word document.

  • Bring your AI

    Hand your agent a ready prompt and it pulls any briefing through the API.

  • Deeper coverage on Pro

    Roundup sources expand into their individual articles, and you control how many items we read per source.

  • Honest run history

    Every run is auditable, including what the quick title check skipped and why.

Masthead reads everything you would never have time to and leaves the editing to you. It never drafts your newsletter, never publishes, never guesses on your behalf. You stay the editor. It just makes sure nothing worth your attention slips past.

Pricing

14 days, no card, full Basic.

Basic

$39 a month

  • 75 sources
  • 200 articles scored per scan
  • Weekly briefing on your schedule
  • 6 run now scans a month
  • Full export and agent access
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Pro

$79 a month

  • 1000 sources
  • 250 articles scored per scan
  • Weekly briefing on your schedule
  • 12 run now scans a month
  • Roundup expansion
  • Adjustable source depth, 1 to 15 articles per source
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