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The Rip Current with Jacob Ward newsletter by Jacob Ward: latest issues, cadence and price

by Jacob Ward · Substack · Free and paid · 3 a week · last issue Nov 9, 2026 · Active

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Free and paid on Substack. 33% of its latest 12 issues are for paying subscribers (from its public archive, checked weekly).

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AI and agents (23), Tech business and strategy (6), Policy and society (2) in the last six months.

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Now publishes twice a week, was several a week.

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Free or paid

Now free with a paid tier, was free to read.

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