The Week Newsletter is a weekly email newsletter that provides subscribers with a roundup of the week’s top stories, as well as commentary and links to further reading. It is published by The Week magazine, and is available to subscribers free of charge.
The newsletter was launched in 2006 as an attempt to provide readers with a more comprehensive overview of the week’s news than could be gleaned from newspapers or other traditional sources. The newsletter is edited by Emma Vardy, the magazine’s editorial director.
The Week magazine describes the weekly newsletter as “a digest of the biggest political and business stories from around the world, with analysis and opinion from our writers.” The newsletter includes sections on global politics, business, media, technology, and culture.
The newsletter has been praised for its comprehensive coverage of global news, its strong editorial lineup, and its high-quality writing. Some criticism has been levelled at the newsletter for its occasional use of sensationalism to attract readers, and for its focus on British rather than global news stories.