
The Department of Product
Briefing
The free weekly briefing on the latest new product launches, trends and analysis designed to help you stay ahead and build winning products.
Read by over 23,000+ thinkers, builders and leaders at Netflix, Spotify, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google and more.

The Department of Product’s weekly briefing is a creatively curated selection of industry news, product launches, analysis and thought-provoking tidbits from around the web designed to help you stay in the loop with the latest product developments. Hand picked and delivered to your inbox every week.
Product Briefing – August 17, 2023
Google Maps’ new rival and ChatGPT usage declines. Plus: NYT bans LLMs, a new tool for multi-user collaboration, TikTok shuts off its algorithm
Product Briefing – August 10, 2023
Slack’s major redesign and Square’s blockbuster earnings. Plus: a beautiful tool for knowledge, APIs explained and RIP Cortana
Product Briefing – August 3, 2023
Uber’s profitability and hidden blue checkmarks. Plus: a new tool for disputes, Meta’s Reels rakes in billions and retention benchmarks
Product Briefing – July 27, 2023
Shopify’s $1600 meetings and Netflix’s ad-funded success
Plus: a tool to free your mind, how to use developer tools and a summer reading list
Product Briefing – July 20, 2023
Microsoft fights AI fatigue and Roblox’s vision for a new economy. Plus: a new tool for task automation, TikTok’s new music app and Google Docs gets a notebook
Our audience
The briefing reaches a global audience of over 30,000 product, UX, engineering and technology professionals from high calibre product companies, venture capitalists and educational institutions.


Hand written by humans in San Francisco and London. All yours, all free.