On July 8 the Publisher Newsletter Awards 2026 were held near Paddington in London. The winners were announced as follows:
BEST B2B NEWSLETTER
Winner: Good morning from JUK, Marten Publishing
BEST DAILY NEWSLETTER
Winner: The Knowledge, The Knowledge
BEST DEEP DIVE NEWSLETTER
Winner: The Rest Is Politics Newsletter, Goalhanger
BEST ENTERTAINMENT & CULTURE NEWSLETTER
Winner: Culture, The Telegraph
BEST FINANCIAL NEWSLETTER
Winner: Independent Money, Independent Media
BEST FOOD & DRINK NEWSLETTER
Winner: The Food and Drink Club newsletter, The Irish Times
BEST HEALTH & LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER
Winner: Fashion, The Times and Sunday Times
BEST INDIVIDUAL-LED NEWSLETTER: NEWS & CURRENT AFFAIRS
Winner: The Will Hayward Newsletter, Throstle Worde Media
BEST INDIVIDUAL-LED NEWSLETTER: SPECIALIST
Winner: Unhedged, Financial Times
BEST LIMITED RUN NEWSLETTER
Winner: Live Well For Longer, BBC Studios
BEST LOCAL & COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER
Winner: Don't Miss Margate, Don't Miss Media Group
BEST NEWS & ANALYSIS NEWSLETTER
Winner: India Business Briefing, Financial Times
BEST NEWSLETTER LAUNCH
Winner: The AI Shift, Financial Times
BEST PARTNER NEWSLETTER
Winner: Money - ISA special, The Times and Sunday Times
BEST POLITICS NEWSLETTER
Winner: Politics Unwrapped, The i Paper
BEST SCIENCE NEWSLETTER
Winner: Reuters Health Rounds, Reuters
BEST SPECIAL INTEREST NEWSLETTER
Winner: Off the Charts, The Economist
BEST SPORT NEWSLETTER
Winner: Miguel Delaney: Inside Football, Independent Media
BEST TECHNOLOGY NEWSLETTER
Winner: The AI Shift, Financial Times
BEST USE OF AI
Winner: Don't Miss Margate, Don't Miss Media Group
PUBLISHER NEWSLETTER HERO OF THE YEAR 2026
Winner: Harry Byford, The Knowledge
From the winners, the MediaVoices team say they had a number of judges comment specifically that this was one of the strongest newsletter submissions they had ever read, so our choice of Newsletter of the Year was clear this year:
PUBLISHER NEWSLETTER OF THE YEAR 2026
Winner: The AI Shift, Financial Times
A number of publishers have incredibly strong newsletter portfolios, MediaVoices continued, but one publisher stood out for their methodical approach to covering verticals, with a smart strategy for the audience and revenue growth for each one.
NEWSLETTER PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR 2026
Winner: The Times and Sunday Times
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