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"The Daily Brief", db-admin@incinc.net, 1997 -,
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Admirably living up to its name, The Daily Brief provides a very
concise summary of news every weekday.

Supported by advertising, and some sponsorship from readers, the
mailing list presents capsule summaries of major news stories.  The
information is concise, and therefore of great value to those whose
time is limited.  Each story listing contains only a sentence or two,
with some additional points where extra details are available.  There
is no attempt to pad the material in order to expand the space, no
pretense of "in-depth" coverage, and no additional Web site to go to
for the "full" story.  Despite the brevity, I find that there is as
much hard information to be gleaned from a Daily Brief capsule as
might be available from a regular newspaper story, at least in terms
of what one needs to know.

After an initial advertisement filling one screen, one or two stories
may be listed as Top Stories.  (There are not always top stories every
day.)  There are also five to ten national (US) and international
stories, possibly something from health and medicine, a market
summary, business stories, currency exchange, entertainment, sports,
and sports scores.

As with most American works, the material tends to be US-centric.  On
average, the number of American (national) stories equals or exceeds
the number of international stories, and international stories
generally have to be monumental disasters to make it to the top.  Most
business news is American, as is most of the entertainment and sports. 
However, this minor irritation aside, The Daily Brief is well worth
consideration by those with more calls on their time than time to call
on.

copyright Robert M. Slade, 1999   MLDLYBRF.RVW   990829