Creating a Newsletter

A newsletter in Distill is a recurring publication — a container that holds all the individual issues you produce over time. You create a newsletter once, then create new issues from it whenever you want to send a new edition.

Creating a newsletter

The distinction matters:

Newsletter — the publication itself (e.g., "Weekly Market Digest"). It has a name, description, and settings. You create it once.
Issue — a single edition of the newsletter (e.g., "March 2026 edition"). Each issue contains the links, AI summaries, and foreword that go out to subscribers on a particular send.

Think of a newsletter like a magazine title and each issue as an individual monthly release.

Click the Newsletters icon (Newsletters) in the sidebar.
Click New newsletter.
Enter a Name — this is the internal name used in the dashboard. It can also be used as the newsletter's display title in emails (configured in settings).
Optionally enter a Description — a short summary of what the newsletter covers. Useful if you manage multiple newsletters.
Click Create newsletter.
Click Edit Current Issue on your new newsletter to start editing

A single workspace can have multiple newsletters. For example, a financial advisor might run a "Monthly Client Update" newsletter and a separate "Market Commentary" newsletter from the same workspace.

Each newsletter has its own settings accessible from the Settings tab within the newsletter view:

Newsletter name — the display name used in email subject lines and headers.
From name — the name shown in the recipient's inbox (e.g., "Jane Smith" or "Downtown Properties Team").
Reply-to address — where replies from subscribers are directed.
Default subscriber list — the list that is pre-selected when you go to send an issue.

You can update these settings at any time without affecting already-sent issues.

Managing multiple newsletters

If you run multiple newsletters from the same workspace:

Each newsletter has its own issue list and settings.
Subscriber lists are shared across newsletters in the workspace — you can send any newsletter to any list.
Analytics are tracked per newsletter and per issue, so you can compare engagement between publications.

Use descriptive names to keep things organized, especially if you are managing newsletters for a client or across multiple topics.

To delete a newsletter, go to the newsletter's Settings tab and click Delete newsletter at the bottom of the page. Deleting a newsletter permanently removes all its issues and associated data. This action cannot be undone.

Deleting a newsletter does not affect your subscriber lists. Subscriber data is stored at the workspace level and is not removed when a newsletter is deleted.

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Creating a newsletter

The distinction matters:

Newsletter — the publication itself (e.g., "Weekly Market Digest"). It has a name, description, and settings. You create it once.
Issue — a single edition of the newsletter (e.g., "March 2026 edition"). Each issue contains the links, AI summaries, and foreword that go out to subscribers on a particular send.

Think of a newsletter like a magazine title and each issue as an individual monthly release.

Click the Newsletters icon (Newsletters) in the sidebar.
Click New newsletter.
Enter a Name — this is the internal name used in the dashboard. It can also be used as the newsletter's display title in emails (configured in settings).
Optionally enter a Description — a short summary of what the newsletter covers. Useful if you manage multiple newsletters.
Click Create newsletter.
Click Edit Current Issue on your new newsletter to start editing

Each newsletter has its own settings accessible from the Settings tab within the newsletter view:

Newsletter name — the display name used in email subject lines and headers.
From name — the name shown in the recipient's inbox (e.g., "Jane Smith" or "Downtown Properties Team").
Reply-to address — where replies from subscribers are directed.
Default subscriber list — the list that is pre-selected when you go to send an issue.

You can update these settings at any time without affecting already-sent issues.

Managing multiple newsletters

If you run multiple newsletters from the same workspace:

Each newsletter has its own issue list and settings.
Subscriber lists are shared across newsletters in the workspace — you can send any newsletter to any list.
Analytics are tracked per newsletter and per issue, so you can compare engagement between publications.

Use descriptive names to keep things organized, especially if you are managing newsletters for a client or across multiple topics.

Deleting a newsletter does not affect your subscriber lists. Subscriber data is stored at the workspace level and is not removed when a newsletter is deleted.

Creating a Newsletter

Managing multiple newsletters

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Creating a Newsletter

Managing multiple newsletters

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