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Top Advertising Newsletters

The 50 most sponsor-active Advertising newsletters, ranked by our Newsletter Leader Score.

📊 50 ranked newsletters 🔄 Updated October 1, 2026 🤖 Compiled by Sponsor Scout
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Leader Score 95

A weekday newsletter covering marketing and advertising news, brand strategy, social media, influencer marketing, ad tech, and media trends for marketing professionals.

weeklymarketers, brand managers, agencies, and advertising professionalsadvertisingmarketingbrand strategy
🤝 27 known sponsors👥 ~325,000 subscribers
👤 Written by Kelsey Sutton · Editor✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
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A daily newsletter and editorial roundup covering programmatic advertising, ad tech, media, measurement, privacy, commerce media, and digital marketing.

weeklyadvertisers, agencies, publishers, ad-tech companies, investors, and media executivesadvertisingad techprogrammatic
🤝 16 known sponsors👥 ~55,000 subscribers
👤 Written by Allison Schiff · Managing Editor✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
3
Leader Score 95

ADWEEK's weekday email digest covering advertising, marketing, media, technology, agencies, brands, creativity, and the business of audience attention.

weeklyadvertisers, agency executives, marketers, media companies, and creative professionalsadvertisingmarketingmedia
🤝 10 known sponsors👥 ~120,000 subscribers
👤 Written by Ryan Joe · Editor-in-Chief and SVP✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
4

A daily marketing and advertising newsletter covering campaigns, agencies, brand strategy, social media, video, analytics, marketing technology and ad tech. It is operated by Informa TechTarget and serves marketing decision-makers.

weeklymarketing executives, advertisers, agencies, brand strategists and media professionalsadvertisingmarketingbrand strategy
🤝 13 known sponsors👥 ~14,000,000 subscribers
👤 Written by Chantal Tode · Lead Editor✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
5
Leader Score 95

A daily marketing and advertising newsletter covering industry news, campaigns, tools, tactics, culture, and practical insights for working marketers.

dailymarketers, agency professionals, brand operators, and marketing studentsadvertisingmarketingcreative
🤝 16 known sponsors👥 ~23,000 subscribers
👤 Written by Shannon Sankey · Newsletter Writer and Host✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
6
Leader Score 90

A brand and marketing strategy newsletter for operators, founders, and marketing leaders. It covers brand building, positioning, and the creator economy with a practitioner lens.

weeklybrand operators, founders & marketing leadersadvertisingbrandingbrand strategy
🤝 5 known sponsors👥 ~5,000 subscribers
👤 Written by Kira Klaas · Author✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
7
Leader Score 80

Independent marketing and media newsletter covering campaigns, brand stories, launches, trends, and industry analysis for marketers and creatives worldwide.

weeklymarketers, brand leaders, creatives, entrepreneurs, and industry professionalsadvertisingmarketingbrand strategy
🤝 3 known sponsors👥 ~80,000 subscribers
👤 Written by Rachael Higgins · Founder & Company Director✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
8

Flagship weekly commerce-and-culture newsletter for retail and eCommerce leaders, with analysis on branding, customer experience, and the future of marketing.

weeklyretail and eCommerce executives and operatorsadvertisingcommerceretail media
🤝 22 known sponsors👥 ~25,000 subscribers
✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
9
Leader Score 76

A Substack focused on brand strategy and how advertisers use community platforms, especially Substack. Its reporting directly tracks paid newsletter sponsorship activity and which brands are spending.

monthlybrand marketers, partnerships leaders, and newsletter operatorsadvertisingbrand strategynewsletter advertising
🤝 14 known sponsors
👤 Written by Alexandra McCann · Founder & Writer✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
10
Leader Score 72

A weekly marketing, brand and advertising newsletter covering campaigns, paid and organic social, influencer marketing, agency news, ad tech and consumer trends. The publication explicitly sells newsletter sponsorships and reports more than…

weeklymarketers, social media teams, brand strategists, agencies and advertising professionalsadvertisingmarketingsocial media
🤝 2 known sponsors👥 ~37,000 subscribers
👤 Written by Jaskaran Singh · Founder & Writer✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
11

A marketing newsletter covering practical tactics, campaigns, content, social media, and growth lessons for professional marketers. It is positioned as a large community publication with a strong brand-partnership and sponsored-content busi…

weeklymarketers, founders, and marketing operatorsadvertisingmarketingcontent marketing
🤝 2 known sponsors👥 ~155,000 subscribers
👤 Written by Daniel Murray · Creator & Founder✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
12
Leader Score 69

A weekly advertising-industry research newsletter covering global ad forecasts, media owners, agencies, ad tech, CTV, commerce media, and marketer economics.

weeklyadvertising executives, media investors, agencies, technology companies, and corporate strategy teamsadvertisingmediaad economy
🤝 2 known sponsors
👤 Written by Brian Wieser · Founder and Writer✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
13
Leader Score 67

A social-media industry newsletter covering how brands, platforms, and practitioners work in social media. It sits squarely in advertising/brand marketing and is clearly sponsor-active.

weeklysocial media marketers, brand teams, and agency/creator-side operatorsadvertisingsocial mediabrand marketing
🤝 2 known sponsors👥 ~107,000 subscribers
👤 Written by Rachel Karten · Author✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
14

Fast-turn advertising and marketing-news newsletter from Breaking and Entering Media. It packages agency, brand, and culture news in a short-form format for ad-industry readers.

weeklyadvertising and marketing professionals, especially younger agency/creative-industry readersadvertisingmarketingagency news
🤝 1 known sponsor
👤 Written by Jack Westerkamp · Co-founder & Newsletter Host/Writer✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
15
Leader Score 64

Ghost-hosted newsletter covering DTC growth, paid media, creative strategy, and ad-platform developments for marketers and media buyers. It visibly sells sponsorships and promotes a partner kit to advertisers.

weeklymarketers, media buyers, DTC operatorsadvertisingperformance marketingdtc
🤝 4 known sponsors👥 ~50,000 subscribers
👤 Written by Tania Sharma · Writer✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
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Leader Score 63

ADWEEK's CMO-focused newsletter delivering news, interviews, research, executive moves, and analysis for senior marketing leaders. The launch post says Jenny Rooney will write it and notes launch sponsorship.

weeklyCMOs and senior brand marketersadvertisingmarketing leadershipCMO
🤝 1 known sponsor
👤 Written by Jenny Rooney · Newsletter Author✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
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Leader Score 62

A long-running copywriting and creativity newsletter for marketers, copywriters, and entrepreneurs. While broader than pure ad-industry trade coverage, it squarely serves advertising and marketing practitioners and actively sells weekly spo…

weeklycopywriters, marketers, founders, and creative professionalsadvertisingcopywritingmarketing
👥 ~95,000 subscribers
👤 Written by Eddie Shleyner · Founder & Writer✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
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Leader Score 62

Weekly beehiiv newsletter covering social media updates, creative strategy examples, and adjacent AI trends for brand builders and agency operators. Its own ad page pitches the audience directly to sponsors.

weeklyagency professionals, entrepreneurs, marketers, creators, foundersadvertisingsocial mediacreative strategy
👥 ~1,100 subscribers
👤 Written by Winter Mendelson · Writer; Co-Founder and Executive Creative Director of Posture Media✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
19

A Substack newsletter for publicists and writers covering PR, pitching, affiliate strategy, and the changing media landscape. It actively sells sponsorships to reach a niche media-and-marketing audience.

weeklypublicists, PR professionals, and writersadvertisingprmedia
👥 ~7,900 subscribers
👤 Written by Jill Schildhouse · Writer & Editor✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
20

A weekly Substack for strategists covering advertising, marketing, brand, and professional strategy craft. It is written by advertising strategist Mark Pollard and tied to the broader Sweathead training brand.

weeklybrand strategists, agency planners, and marketing professionalsadvertisingbrand strategymarketing
👤 Written by Mark Pollard · Founder & Writer✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
21
Leader Score 59

Bi-weekly newsletter on AI-assisted marketing tools and techniques for marketers and teams. It is positioned for marketing leaders and practitioners adopting AI in their workflows.

biweeklymarketing teams and future marketing leadersadvertisingmarketingai
🤝 6 known sponsors
👤 Written by Lainey · Author✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
22

A weekly newsletter about creator marketing, brand-creator partnerships, influencer campaigns, creator-led agencies, and the business of online influence.

weeklybrand marketers, creator-economy executives, agencies, talent managers, and media professionalsadvertisingcreator marketinginfluencer marketing
👤 Written by Gillian Follett · Founder and Writer✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
23
Leader Score 58

Newsletter covering digital media, ad tech, and marketing-industry shifts, written by longtime ad-tech operator and trainer Steven Golus. It serves advertising professionals, agencies, publishers, and marketers.

weeklyadvertising, media, and ad-tech professionalsadvertisingadtechdigital media
👤 Written by Steven Golus · Author✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
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Leader Score 58

Independent adtech and marketing-transformation newsletter covering programmatic, CTV, measurement, AI, and media economics for industry practitioners.

monthlyadtech, media, and marketing transformation professionalsadvertisingadtechprogrammatic
👥 ~3,100 subscribers
👤 Written by Travis Lusk · Writer✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
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Leader Score 58

A daily, highly skimmable digital-marketing newsletter covering advertising, performance marketing, affiliate marketing, ecommerce, email, and growth tactics. The publication has a documented sponsorship operation and serves a global market…

dailyperformance marketers, growth marketers, ecommerce operators, and agency professionalsadvertisingdigital marketingperformance marketing
🤝 1 known sponsor👥 ~50,000 subscribers
👤 Written by Emanuel Cinca · Founder & Operator✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
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Leader Score 56

A free weekday bulletin covering advertising, marketing, media, and communications across Asia-Pacific. It is part of the Campaign trade-media network and offers explicit newsletter sponsorship and advertising contact paths.

weeklyagency leaders, brand marketers, media buyers, and communications executivesadvertisingmarketingmedia
👤 Written by Shawn Lim · Media and Technology Editor✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
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Leader Score 56

Independent newsletter on how AI is reshaping advertising, media, consumer behavior, and ad platforms. It is written for decision-makers in budgets, media strategy, publishing, and adtech.

weeklyCMOs, agency leaders, publishers, media strategists, investorsadvertisingaimedia
👤 Written by Debra Aho Williamson · Founder & Chief Analyst; Writer✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
28

A marketing and cultural-signals newsletter covering the intersection of culture, technology, and advertising. It is written by a senior marketing leader with a strong industry profile.

weeklymarketing leaders, strategists & creativesadvertisingmarketingsocial media
👤 Written by Greg Swan · Author✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
29

Independent media-industry newsletter that frequently analyzes publishing economics, ad tech, newsletter monetization, and how digital media businesses make money. Its readership appears to include media operators, journalists, and newslett…

weeklymedia operators, journalists, newsletter foundersadvertisingmediapublishing
👤 Written by Simon Owens · Author✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
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Leader Score 56

An independent advertising newsletter and publication covering agencies, advertiser brands, creative work, ad tech, media, marketing, and industry analysis.

weeklyadvertising agency leaders, marketers, media executives, and creative-industry professionalsadvertisingagenciesmedia
👤 Written by Stephen Foster · Founder and Editor✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
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Leader Score 54

Independent newsletter on brand strategy, creator marketing, and cultural advertising trends from a Gen Z perspective.

biweeklybrand marketers, creator-marketing practitioners, and consumer-brand operatorsadvertisingbrand strategycreator marketing
🤝 2 known sponsors
👤 Written by Caroline Albro · Founder & Writer✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
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Leader Score 53

Tri-weekly creator-economy newsletter covering creator business, media trends, and marketing developments that intersect with advertising and brand partnerships.

weeklycreators and creator-economy professionalsadvertisingcreator economymedia
🤝 2 known sponsors👥 ~130,000 subscribers
👤 Written by Samir Chaudry · Co-Founder & Writer✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
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Leader Score 53

An influential independent newsletter/blog by veteran advertising commentator Bob Hoffman, focused squarely on the ad industry and marketing criticism. It is widely recognized inside the advertising trade.

weeklyadvertising and marketing industry professionalsadvertisingmarketingmedia criticism
👤 Written by Bob Hoffman · Author✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
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Leader Score 53

An independent media-industry newsletter exploring the reinvention of publishing, media business models, and advertising economics. It is widely read by media operators and frequently discusses ad products, audience monetization, and sponso…

weeklymedia executives, publishers, and ad/product leadersadvertisingmediapublishing
👤 Written by Brian Morrissey · Founder✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
35

A global marketing, media, and advertising briefing covering industry news, campaigns, agencies, brand strategy, media technology, and creative work.

dailybrand marketers, agency executives, media owners, publishers, and senior marketing decision-makersadvertisingmarketingmedia
👥 ~134,000 subscribers
👤 Written by Gordon Young · Founder and Editor-in-Chief✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
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Leader Score 52

A branding and advertising newsletter focused on global campaign analysis, creative strategy, and how brands stay culturally relevant. Recent issues include explicit sponsor integrations tied to marketing tools.

weeklybrand marketers, creatives, and strategy teamsadvertisingbrandingcreative strategy
🤝 1 known sponsor👥 ~14,000 subscribers
✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
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Leader Score 52

A niche newsletter focused on media, advertising, and ad-tech questions, with reporting and analysis from longtime industry journalist Mike Shields. It is small versus larger peers but highly on-topic for advertising buyers and operators.

weeklymedia buyers, ad-tech executives, marketers, and industry analystsadvertisingmediaad tech
👥 ~6,000 subscribers
👤 Written by Michael Shields · Author✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
38

A weekly briefing focused on advertising technology, platforms, programmatic media, measurement, identity, AI advertising and digital media buying. It is distributed to Digiday+ members every Tuesday.

weeklyadtech executives, publishers, agencies, advertisers and programmatic buyersadvertisingadtechprogrammatic
👤 Written by Jim Cooper · Editor-in-Chief✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
39
Leader Score 50

A daily trade newsletter covering brand marketing, advertising campaigns, consumer trends, agencies, media, retail, and marketing leadership.

dailyCMOs, marketing directors, brand marketers, agencies, and advertising vendorsadvertisingbrand marketingcampaigns
👤 Written by Nina Lentini · Editor✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
40

A marketing-operations newsletter for practitioners running modern B2B marketing systems and processes. While adjacent to advertising rather than purely ad-industry editorial, it is sponsor-seeking and active with a marketing audience.

weeklymarketing operations professionals and B2B marketing leadersadvertisingmarketing operationsb2b marketing
👥 ~6,000 subscribers
👤 Written by Darrell Alfonso · Author✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
41

A daily media-industry newsletter covering advertising, media strategy, agencies, broadcasters, ad tech, media buying, measurement and commercial media. The publication is owned by Adwanted Group and operates in the UK and internationally.

weeklymedia owners, advertisers, agencies, broadcasters, publishers and media strategistsadvertisingmediaadtech
🤝 1 known sponsor👥 ~300,000 subscribers
✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
42

A Substack newsletter focused on advertising history, philosophy, and brand thinking for people working in modern marketing and agencies. It runs as a sub-newsletter of OberThinking.

monthlyadvertising professionals, agency leaders, brand strategistsadvertisingbrandingmarketing
👤 Written by Justin Oberman · Writer✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
43

A weekday newsletter for advertising sellers, buyers and operators covering ad platforms, media buying, ad tech, CTV, retail media, political advertising and advertiser-sector intelligence. Its analysis is written from the perspective of so…

weeklyadvertising executives, media sellers, buyers, adtech operators and agency strategistsadvertisingadtechmedia buying
👤 Written by Kevin Kraft · Founder & Writer✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
44
Leader Score 41

A weekly digital-marketing and ad-tech newsletter from The Trade Desk’s editorial platform, focused on the future of digital advertising, CTV, retail media, and the open internet. It has active LinkedIn newsletter distribution and strong ad…

weeklydigital advertising professionals, media buyers, ad-tech operators, and marketing decision-makersadvertisingad techdigital marketing
👤 Written by Damian Fowler · Editor-in-Chief✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
45
Leader Score 41

A weekday marketing newsletter focused on growth tactics, channel strategy, SEO, and performance insights. Its issues include explicit advertiser placements and a partner kit call-to-action.

weeklymarketers and growth operatorsadvertisingmarketinggrowth
🤝 2 known sponsors
✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
46
Leader Score 38

Ad Age’s Substack is a weekly email companion covering advertising, marketing, media, technology, and culture for industry decision-makers. It extends the Ad Age media brand onto Substack.

weeklyadvertising and marketing executives, agency leaders, and media professionalsadvertisingmarketingmedia
✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
47
Leader Score 38

Campaign US’s daily advertising and marketing bulletin delivering news and opinion to agency, brand, and media professionals. It sits within Campaign’s global advertising-news brand and subscription ecosystem.

weeklyadvertising and marketing professionalsadvertisingmarketingagencies
✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
48
Leader Score 38

News and analysis newsletter on media, marketing, commerce, and adtech with a strong focus on data and technology across global markets, especially EMEA and APAC.

weeklyadtech, media, and marketing professionalsadvertisingadtechmarketing
✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
49
Leader Score 38

A weekly newsletter focused on advertising measurement, media analytics, audience intelligence, TV and streaming advertising, creator economics, and marketing performance.

weeklyadvertisers, media buyers, publishers, agencies, and marketing analytics professionalsadvertisingmedia measurementad analytics
✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?
50
Leader Score 37

A weekly roundup from The Branding Journal covering branding news, campaigns, positioning, and strategic brand analysis. It is clearly active and advertising-adjacent, but no single current newsletter owner/editor was clearly identifiable f…

weeklybrand strategists, marketers, and branding professionalsadvertisingbrandingbrand strategy
✋ Verify you're the owner — free: badge, sponsor pitch page & sponsor leads· Not you? Who writes it?

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Every newsletter is scored 0–100 by Sponsor Scout as we search the open web daily. The score rewards newsletters that reach real audiences and consistently attract sponsors. These findings are updated regularly.

Sponsor activityHighest weight
How many distinct companies actively sponsor the newsletter — the strongest signal of a live, fundable audience.
Publishing cadenceHigh weight
How regularly issues ship. Daily & weekly cadences earn more than sporadic sends.
AudienceMedium weight
Estimated subscriber reach and the quality of the readership (founders, operators, investors).
RecencyLower weight
How recently they last published — active beats dormant.
ReachLower weight
Web, social, and community footprint that amplifies a sponsor's spend.
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