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Hello, I’m Jon Ostrower, the founder and Editor-in-chief of The Air Current. Thank you for your subscription — it makes all our work possible!
A little about us: TAC was launched in 2018 and combines the highest standards of journalism with the level of technical detail and rigor expected by a sophisticated industry audience. We have deep expertise in the subjects we cover and an outstanding network of sources, both of which allow us to break important stories and go deep inside topics that honor the complexity of this business.
Our approach starts with the principle that on a cacophonous web, a paid subscription site should be a quiet oasis. There is no advertising on our website — we are entirely user-supported. Our site is split into long, medium and short-form categories. Our long-form features can always be found within our deep archive and our Dispatches and TAC Takes are home to our shorter-form reporting.
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Onward,
Jon
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