

When the list had grown to 800 subscribers, Dutton recommended compiling the pieces into a single homepage. In September 1998, they went online. Myers in 1994 to act as a symposium for articles and reviews obtained on the internet. Although it may not generate the money that Bloomberg does, its ability to build connections may prove to be more essential than the stock market over time.Īlso Read: Digital India Essay for students of class 5 to 9 in English Timeline of Arts and Letters DailyĪrts and Letters Daily sprang out of “Phil-Lit,” a mailing list started by Denis Dutton and D.G. It keeps track of events, sorts them out, and informs you of what you need to know.
What the Bloomberg service does for business, “A & LD” does for ideas.

Robert Fulford characterized its value as follows: According to Denis Dutton, the founder and previous editor of Arts and Letters Daily, it was inspired by the Drudge Report but was aimed at “the kinds of people who subscribe to the New York Review of Books, who read Salon and Slate and The New Republic-those interested in ideas.” Similar “idea-based” blogs like Abbas Raza’s 3 Quarks Daily have sprung up as a result of A&L Daily.
