From: higgins@dorsai.org (John Higgins) Subject: Net-Letter Guide 6/15 Version: 1.4 Message-ID: Followup-To: alt.internet.services Last-Modified: 1994/06/15 Summary: Guide to interesting newsletters Reply-To: higgins@dorsai.dorsai.org Organization: The Dorsai Embassy, New York, NY X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Date: Tue, 14 Jun 1994 21:52:39 GMT Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU Archive-Name: newsletter-guide Lines: 279 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=--=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=NET-LETTER GUIDE-=-=-=--=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=--=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-= A newshound's guide to newsy periodicals available through the Internet. Updated June 15, 1994 Copyright 1994 John M. Higgins (higgins@dorsai.dorsai.org) All rights reserved. Additional copyright information at bottom. +Additions (usually stuff that's been around a while, but only recently discovered because I'm an idiot): +ArtNews; +Cyberwire Dispatch; +Daily Report Card (education); +Rachel's Hazardous Waste News; +SatNews (satellites); +Satellite News Desk; Trade Week (international business) Update: +Aids Daily Summary Seeking info on: Aids Information Newsletter; George Holt's Stock Report -=-=-=-=-=-=-THE BEST NET-LETTERS-=-=-=-=-=-=- Late Show News (TV); Fitz's ShopTalk (TV); Edupage (Infotech); Computer Underground Digest; AIDS Daily Summary; RFE/RL Daily Report (E. Europe) -=-=-=-=--=-=- Introduction: My favorite things on the Internet are informative, high- quality newsletters. The quality of info contributed to what Mitch Kapor describes as the Net's "gift economy" is amazing. However, despite some excellent e-pub guides, tracking down good NEWSY letters can be frustrating, partly because they get lost in the flood of zines and very technical pubs. So this list aims to point people to the news-oriented net-letters with somewhat broader appeal. It's not intended to be as comprehensive as other guides, but helpful nevertheless. The list is tremendously biased toward e-mail delivery. Very technical and fanzine newsletters are not included because they are well covered by other guides. GIMME FEEDBACK!! This is just an initial stab, just 30 or so encountered Gopher-trolling and from tips. Some are well-known, others are not. Send me your favorite net-letters, particularly if you're the editor. Include any subscription and archive infor mation. HOW TO GET THE NET-LETTER GUIDE: E-mail (higgins@dorsai.dorsai.org; SUBSCRIBE NET-LETTER); Usenet (alt.zines, alt.etext, misc.writing, rec.mag, alt.internet.services, and the *.answers groups). Fishing for other arrangements. (Any volunteers?) Far more exhaustive lists of electronic publications include: John Labovitz's e-zine-list; FTP (ftp.netcom.com: /pub/johnl/ zines/e-zine-list); WWW (http//www.ora.com:8080/johnl/e-zine-list/). The giant e-pub archive, FTP and Gopher (etext.archive.umich.edu). Also try Factsheet Five-E; Gopher (gopher.well.sf.ca.us). ---------------------------------Media-------------------------------- FITZ'S SHOPTALK: Daily dispatches on the TV business, both networks and local stations by media headhunter Don FitzPatrick. Primarily summaries of wire-service and major newspapers, but also includes some full-text reprints. How to get it: E-mail (shoptalk-request@gremlin.clark.net, SUBSCRIBE YOUR@ADDRESS). LATE SHOW NEWS: A guy who obviously stays up way too late puts out a weekly newsletter on the late-night talk show wars. It's biased toward Letterman but contains surprisingly good industry dirt on Leno, Conan, etc. (even for those of us writing about television for a living). How to get it: E-mail (listserv@mcs.net; SUBSCRIBE LATE-SHOW-NEWS YOUR@ADDRESS), Usenet (alt.fan.letterman and rec.arts.tv), FTP (ftp.mcs.net:/mcsnet.users/barnhart/letterman). +ARTNEWS: Synopsis of the print media's coverage of the art world, collectors, museums, artists, art and government. Very promising, but suffering multiple startup glitches. Be patient, or wait until August to subscribe. How to get it: E-mail (artnews-request@arttrak.metronet.com; SUBSCRIBE). CABLE REGULATION DIGEST: Weekly summary of news on cable regulation published by Multichannel News. How to get it: E-Mail, distributed to the TELECOMREG mailing list. (listserver@relay.adp.wisc.edu, SUBSCRIBE TELECOMREG YOUR NAME); FTP (ftp.vortex.com:pub/tv-film-video/cable-reg); Gopher (gopher.vortex.com) SKYGUIDE: This monthly's from a Brit who doubtless watches too much TV. The Euro cable and satellite television scene. Concentrates on BSkyB but also romps off onto the continent. (Did you know you can decrypt a scrambled DBS signal with a PC? OMIGOD!) How to get it: E-mail (bignoise@cix.compulink.co.uk; SUBSCRIBE SKYGUIDE YOUR@ADDRESS), Usenet {preferred!} (alt.satellite.tv.europe). +SATNEWS: Bi-weekly on satellite television broadcasting worldwide. How to get it: E-mail (listserv@tqmcomms.co.uk; SUBSCRIBE SATNEWS YOUR NAME); Usenet (rec.video.satellite). +SATELLITE JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL: One issue featured usual sat news plus an Iranian cleric's "fatwah" banning home dishes and how Pakistanis evade government censoring of Miss Universe pagent broadcasts. How to get it: Usenet (rec.video.satellite); FTP (itre.uncecs.edu: /pub/satellite/sj); WWW (http://itre.uncecs.edu/misc/sj/sj.html) +SATELLITE NEWS DESK: Yet another satellite TV letter. The surprising thing is that they're all pretty high quality. Headline news from British satellite newsletter Transponder How to get it: E-mail (editor@trponder.win-uk.net) CYBER-SLEAZE: Overhyped and a bit tedious, Cyber-Sleaze is composed of low-grade gossip and put out by former MTV VJ Adam Curry. This address may not be good for long (probably dying June 30, since Curry's being sued by MTV for trademark infringement). How to get it: E-mail (csleaze@mtv.com) ------------------------------Infotech-------------------------------- EDUPAGE: Tasty tip sheet on information technology and media issued three times weekly. Quickie summaries primarily of newspaper articles, primarily from the majors. How to get it: E-Mail (listproc@educom.edu; SUB EDUPAGE YOUR NAME). +CYBERWIRE DISPATCH: Very high quality coverage of the Internet, particularly looking at the various miscreants tromping around the net. Editor Brock Meeks (a real reporter for Communications Daily in civilian life) became famous by getting sued for libel by a "make.money.fast"-type. But will someone get this man a listerver? How to get it: E-mail on the Com-Priv mailing list; Gopher (gopher.well.sf.ca.us) SCOUT REPORT: Forget building campfires. Scout Report is a weekly featuring new resource announcements and other net news. Put out by gods at InterNIC. You're stupid not to get it to make sure you're not missing something good. How to get it. E-Mail (majordomo@is.internic.net; SUBSCRIBE SCOUT-REPORT) Gopher (is.internic.net); WWW: (http://www.internic.net). HOTT: HOTT -- Hot Off The Tree -- has re-emerged as a giant pub culling the latest advances in computer, communications, and electronics technologies from over trade magazines, newspapers and net resources. Great stuff, but why they're gathering so much material for a huge monthly rather than a smaller weekly or something is beyond me. How to get it: E-mail (listserv@ucsd.edu; SUBSCRIBE HOTT-LIST). NETWORKS & COMMUNITY: The emphasis here is on "community" in Internet-land. Less techie than you might expect. How To Get It: E-Mail (rre-request@weber.ucsd.edu; SUBSCRIBE YOUR NAME) Gopher: (gopher.well.sf.ca.us or gopher.nlc-bnc.ca). COM NET NEWS: Newly-launched letter on community networking -- as in public access on the highway -- by a technology market research guy. Not very newsy, but thoughtful. How to get it: E-Mail (contact rbryant@hydra.unm.edu). PRIVACY Forum: Tidbits about threats to privacy from government snoops to credit agencies. How to get it: E-Mail(privacy-request@vortex.com); FTP {ftp.vortex.com}; Gopher {gopher.vortex.com}. COMPUTER UNDERGROUND DIGEST: The latest news on cyberspace issues. CUD's best when screaming about the latest hacker or BBS raid, good when picking apart government policy issues. But CUD will occasionally reprint the ENTIRE AGENDA for some upcoming com puter conference. (YAWN!!!) How to get it: E-Mail (listserv@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu, SUB CUDIGEST YOUR NAME); Usenet (comp.society.cu-digest); FTP (ftp.eff.org: pub/Publications/CuD). EFFECTOR: The Electronic Frontier Foundation's membership newsletter, great for telecom policy updates. How to get it: E-mail: send request to brown@eff.org; FTP (ftp.eff.org); Usenet: {preferred!} (comp.org.eff); Gopher (gopher.eff.org). RISKS Forum: Tidbits about the risks computers present in society. One edition touched on industrial espionage, data escape from prison, and a strange tale of e-mail stalking. How to get it: E-mail (risks-request@csl.sri.com); Usenet {preferred!} (comp.risks); FTP (crvax.sri.com). CURRENT CITES: A monthly letter for library technology, composed of pointers from magazine articles. A little on the dry side, partly because of its format. How to get it: E-mail (listserv@library.berkeley.edu; SUB CITES YOUR NAME); FTP: (ftp.lib.berkeley.edu:/pub/Current.Cites). ----------------------------Science/medicine-------------------------- +AIDS DAILY SUMMARY: A great clipping service from the Center For Disease Control, the kind of stuff Internet cheerleaders can brag about (because it's about the real world, not just insular cyberspace). How to get it: E-mail (ben@maggadu.queernet.org; SUBSCRIBE DAILY-SUMMARY YOUR@ADDRESS); Usenet (sci.med.aids). HICNet MEDICAL NEWS DIGEST: Something painless from a dentist. Broad bi-weekly newsletter on medicine by Health Info-Com Network, put together by dentist David Dodell. One week featured sleep apnea and snoring plus hemlock (!) Also carries excerpts of the CDC's AIDS Daily Summary. The downside is conference announcements (OK, on things like techniques for identifying corpses, but they're still conference announcements!). How To Get It: E-Mail (mednews@stat.com); FTP:(vm1.nodak.edu). RSI NETWORK NEWSLETTER: For and by victims of repetitive stress injury (e.g. carpal tunnel syndrome). How to get it: E-Mail (majordomo@world.std.com; SUBSCRIBE RSI); FTP and Gopher (world.std.com:/pub/rsi). SCIENCE BEAT: A tip sheet for science journalists from the National Institute for Standards and Technologies. Maybe not too newsy, but short and sweet. How to get it: Gopher (gopher-server.nist.gov). CFS-NEWS: Chronic fatigue syndrome sufferers. How To Get It: E-Mail (listserv@list.nih.gov; SUB CFS-NEWS YOUR NAME). LYMENET: Launched to rise above Usenet flame wars, LymeNet Newsletter explores research and treatment of Lyme disease, a mysterious and fairly disabling disease prevelant in the Northeast. How to get it: E-mail (listserv@Lehigh.edu; SUBSCRIBE LYMENET-L YOUR NAME); Usenet (sci.med); FTP (ftp.Lehigh.edu: /pub/listserv/ lymenet-l/Newsletters). NASA DAILY: NASA and other space news. How to get it: E-mail (pds-listserver@space.mit.edu; SUBSCRIBE YOUR NAME); Gopher (world.std.com:News); WWW (http://delcano.mit.edu/) --------------------------------Policy-------------------------------- +RACHEL'S HAZARDOUS WASTE NEWS: Good but lengthy letter from the Environmental Research Foundation. Weekly. (Who's Rachel?) How to get it: E-mail (erf@igc.apc.org; include name, phone # plus e-mail AND postal addresses. Fund-raising pitch to follow, no doubt.); FTP (ftp.std.com: /periodicals/rachel) Gopher (gopher.std.com) CHOICE-NET REPORT: This sort-of-weekly comes of the California Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League-North, culled from clips and announcements. Pretty good stuff. So far, they've kept it very newsy (Who needs preachy?). How To Get It: E-Mail (dtv@well.com; SUBSCRIBE CHOICE-NET); Gopher: (gopher.well.sf.ca.us); Usenet (alt.activism, talk.abortion, soc.women). +DAILY REPORT CARD: A great summary of news in K-12 education. Very newsy. Recently cut back to thrice-weekly and comes out of the National Education Goals Panel. How To Get It: E-Mail (listserv@gwuvm.gwu.edu; SUBSCRIBE RPTCRD YOUR NAME). INFORMATION POLICY ONLINE: Counterprogramming the privacy advocates, IPO come from the Information Industry Association and covers legislation regarding government restriction on information. Too little real news, too many items about the direct mail industry's lobbying. But a welcome counterpoint to the net's generally one-sided privacy debates. (I'm a reporter; I WANT your driving records!) How to get it: E-Mail (iiaipo-request@his.com; SUBSCRIBE YOUR NAME) +TRADE WEEK -- Digest of newspaper and magazine stories on international trade by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. Strong, brief overview. Also publishes a letter on NAFTA. How to get it: E-Mail (kmander@igc.apc.org; SUBSCRIBE TRADE-WEEK YOUR@ADDRESS) -------------------------------Foreign News----------------------------- +RFE/RL DAILY REPORT: News on Eastern Europe popped out by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Very cool. How to get it: E-Mail (listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu; SUBSCRIBE RFERL-L YOUR NAME). +CHINA NEWS DIGEST: Very active news service on China and various ex-pat communities in several flavors: Global (daily), US, Canada, Europe & Pacific, and a magazine in some Chinese dialect. How to get it: E-Mail (cnd-info@cnd.org; INFO) +BANGLADESH NEWS DIGEST: Newsy compilation with clips from publications and Reuters plus summaries of BBC World Service and Radio Netherlands. Much better than the more common digested newsgroups. How to get it: E-mail (dwright@metz.une.edu.au) -=-=-=--=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=--=-=-=- Copyright 1994 John M. Higgins. 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