A highly opinionated newsletter that explicitly avoids regurgitating commodity news. By adopting a very specific, polarizing point of view, it actively repels a large portion of the audience to attract and deeply engage a dedicated, high-quality core audience.
Opportunity6.3
Why now
The market is in a newsletter bubble for commodity content, creating scarcity and high demand for unique, non-consensus perspectives.
Market gap
Oversupply of regurgitated news creates a gap for unique, filtered, opinionated analysis that cuts through the noise.
Business fit
Type
Media / Newsletter
Target
Deeply engaged niche communities tired of mainstream commodity news
Revenue
$1M - $5M
Founder
Opinionated industry experts with strong writing skills and contrarian views.
Scores
Problem
8.0
Feasibility
8.0
Why now
9.0
Go-to-market
7.0
Confidence
9.0
Proof signals
Pomp explicitly notes there is a newsletter bubble for commodity content.
Success of Marty Bent's 'Truth for the commoner'.
Keyword demand
Keyword
Volume
Growth
niche newsletter
30/mo
+100% YoY
contrarian news
170/mo
-35% YoY
US English Google Ads volume from DataForSEO; growth uses returned monthly search history.
Source episode
How To Build A Media Business With Anthony Pompliano4:23
we are in a newsletter bubble for commodity content... there is however room for a newsletter about politics from a very specific point of view that is not being shared in the mainstream media