#Arts letters daily series

Īrts & Letters Daily went online in September 1998. When the list reached eight hundred subscribers, Dutton suggested that the articles be put together on a single webpage. Myers, which served as a symposium on articles and reviews found on the web. HistoryĪrts & Letters Daily originated from “Phil-Lit,” a mailing list created in 1994 by Denis Dutton and D.G.

#Arts letters daily series

To the left of the main columns is a series of links to other online content providers, as well as a section titled “ Nota Bene' (the Latin for “mark well'), which is the site's fourth and final collection of daily links to articles deemed to be of particular interest. It doesn't produce the profits Bloomberg brings in, but over time its ability to make connections may turn out to be even more important than the stock market.Īccording to founder and former editor Denis Dutton, Arts & Letters Daily was inspired by the Drudge Report but was meant to reach 'the kinds of people who subscribe to the New York Review of Books, who read Salon and Slate and The New Republic - people interested in ideas.' Arts & Letters Daily has in turn been the inspiration for similar 'idea based' blogs such as Abbas Raza's 3 Quarks Daily.' DesignĪrts & Letters Daily's layout, designed in July 1998 by Dutton, 'mimics the 18th century English broadsheets and a 19th century copy of a colonial New Zealand periodical, the Lyttelton Times.' Three columns of links dominate the site: Articles of Note, Book Reviews, and Essays/Opinions. It watches developments, sorts things out, tells you what you need to know. 'A & LD' does for ideas what the Bloomberg service does for commerce.