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The Story Behind Popbitch, One Of the Longest Running Newsletter Today

From the late 90s till today

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Burk
Jan 22, 2024
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Hard to believe it’s been 25 years since Popbitch first landed in inboxes everywhere and shook up the entertainment journalism landscape for good.

Back in 1999, British journalist Camilla Wright was fed up with the PR sugarcoating of celeb profiles.

So she teamed up with Neil Stevenson to launch a sassy insider newsletter lifting the lid on unfiltered sho…

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