Get your 10p-per day Edinburgh Minute mid-year discount deal

I’ve published nearly 1,000 daily editions of The Edinburgh Minute and I need your help, please. There are some running costs to keeping this going: hosting fees etc. But I’d like you to consider what the newsletter is worth to you.

It exists to save you time and keep you better informed. Has it done that?

Most of what I sift through, about 90%, never gets into the newsletter. All the clickbait rubbish on news websites, all the noise on social media and thousands of pages of council reports and council meetings watched. I wade through it all every day so you don’t have to. And I love doing it.

As well as that, the Minute has included more than 10,000 items sent in by readers. This absolutely blows my mind. None of those things were on my radar before. Some aren’t anywhere else online. They only exist in this newsletter and I think that’s where the Minute adds the most value: from people who use it. I fully encourage more of that. The news industry is broken and locals are reclaiming it from the grassroots up.

I love verifying it, putting it all together and I want to keep doing it. But I can only do it when readers pay to support it. I’ve lowered the price today for a mid-year summer discount celebrating the solstice.

If you want to help ensure this community-led news project continues, please take up this offer:

Since last year’s mid-year discount offer, the number of free subscribers to this newsletter has risen again from 20,000 to 30,000. But the number who pay is miles off that. I understand £5 per month is not affordable for some. So as usual at this mid-year moment, I’ve knocked it down to £36 for the year, which equates to £3 per month and about 10p per day.

☕️ That’s less than the cost of a coffee in most places. Cheers to coffee, the other thing that fuels my 5am scramble to get the newsletter out on time every morning.

I give away all my journalistic work for free, in the hope that some people will pay out of their own goodwill to help keep this newsletter going. But most don’t pay. That’s a choice, of course. But if you have found the Minute useful at all and you can afford it, please consider subscribing.

I want to keep it going so you can stay in the loop. I believe local democracy will be healthier if we're all better informed.

Your subscription will help keep me springing out of bed at 5am and the Minute landing at 7am daily in your inbox. Your subscription will also get you additional local content: The weekly Culture Minute, the weekend guide and the daily Edinburgh Festival Minute will return soon too, with the choice to opt-out, of course ✌️

💚 Thanks so much for your support! I’m counting on it and can’t do it without you.

Michael

PS. Here’s a kind note from writer Ian Rankin about why he subscribes:

And he’s not alone in supporting the newsletter:

PS. I honestly can’t say ‘thank you’ enough to everyone supports this newsletter. Every paying subscriber’s support meant I could afford to get by when I had to take time off at some very tough personal moments recently. Without going in to too much detail, a recent accident meant I needed some emergency treatment in A&E recently and had to skip a few editions unexpectedly. Life happens! I felt bad missing some editions, but helpful readers made sure I was kept in the loop of all their community news for when I returned. You're such a brilliant audience. The newsletter relies on your help to keep the lights on. It’s a business based on goodwill, so thanks again for reading and supporting.