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Three entries from the sample report
Prepared for a cybersecurity newsletter with ~15,000 subscribers (identity kept private). Each of the 30 entries in a full report follows this exact structure: evidence, contact, pitch. Every factual claim links to a public source.
Tines TIER 1
Why they'll sponsor you
Tines sells no-code security automation to SOC teams, exactly this newsletter's readership, and was the single most active newsletter buyer we observed: the same campaign ran as primary placements inUnsupervised Learning #535 (Jul 6, 2026),CloudSecList #346 (Jul 12, 2026) andtl;dr sec #335 (Jul 2, 2026), plus placements in two more comparable titles the same month.
Who to contact
A named demand generation lead, with the public sources for the identification and an honest status on the email address (in this case: not published, verify before sending), plus a documented fallback channel.
Ready-to-send pitch
Subject: You bought 4 newsletters in July. Missing one.
Tines ran the same campaign across Unsupervised Learning, CloudSecList, and tl;dr sec in the last five weeks, so security newsletters clearly perform for you. [Newsletter] is the one you haven't bought: ~15,000 subscribers, almost all detection engineers, SOC leads, and threat intel practitioners. Weekly, 163 issues, zero sponsors to date, clean inventory. Primary placement is $2,000-2,500. For reference, CloudSecList charges $1,950 at 12k subscribers and is sold out into 2026. Worth a 15-minute call, or shall I just send open dates?
Nebulock TIER 1
Why they'll sponsor you
Nebulock ($25M Series A,announced Jun 25, 2026) sells hunt-first security operations, the literal center of this newsletter's editorial line. They paid for awholly sponsored Risky Business Soap Box episodeon threat hunting driving detection (Jul 8, 2026), a long-form format that costs well above a newsletter slot.
Who to contact
The founder-CEO, identified from the company's own about page, with context that makes the pitch land: a product marketing background and his own newsletter, so he knows exactly what this inventory is worth.
Ready-to-send pitch
Subject: The Soap Box audience, but 100% detection people
The Soap Box episode on threat hunting driving detection (July 8) landed in front of a broad security audience. My readers are the narrow version of that: ~15,000 detection engineers, threat hunters and SOC leads, every week, 163 issues in. Fresh off your Series A, if pipeline from practitioners matters this quarter: the newsletter has carried zero sponsors ever. First brand in gets clean attention. Primary placement is $2,000-2,500. You write on Substack; you know what this inventory is worth. Call?
ThreatLocker TIER 2
Why they'll sponsor you
ThreatLocker is the largest buyer of cyber audio inventory we observed: host-read spots onevery Darknet Diaries episode from April through July 2026, four Defense in Depth episodes, and afull week of Cyber Security Headlines (Jul 13-17, 2026). Total audio coverage, no newsletter coverage: that gap is the pitch.
Who to contact
A senior brand marketing executive identified from public organizational sources, with a published press channel as fallback and the email status stated honestly.
Ready-to-send pitch
Subject: You own cyber podcasts. This is the newsletter gap.
ThreatLocker is on every Darknet Diaries episode this quarter, plus Defense in Depth and a full week of Cyber Security Headlines. Your audio coverage is total; your newsletter coverage isn't. [Newsletter]: ~15,000 detection engineers and SOC leads, the hands-on evaluators of endpoint controls, weekly, 163 issues, zero sponsors to date. Primary placement is $2,000-2,500. Reply with a name if someone on demand gen owns this, or I'll send open dates.
The full 30-brand list from this report
Every brand below was observed paying for sponsorships on audiences comparable to the client's, between April and July 2026. The full report adds, for each: the dated evidence links, the named contact with sources and email status, and the written pitch. Tier 1 means multiple recent placements across several titles.
| # | Brand | Observed signal | Tier |
|---|
| 1 | Tines | 7+ placements across 4 newsletters in 5 weeks | T1 |
| 2 | Sublime Security | Full Risky Business week, plus tl;dr sec | T1 |
| 3 | Maze | 6 placements across 4 sources, live launch campaign | T1 |
| 4 | Corelight | Risky Business weekly pack, three slots | T1 |
| 5 | Nebulock | Wholly sponsored episode on threat hunting | T1 |
| 6 | Wiz | Two tl;dr sec primaries plus two publisher sponsor pages | T1 |
| 7 | runZero | Three comparable titles inside three weeks | T1 |
| 8 | Dropzone | Wholly sponsored episode on AI SOC analysis | T1 |
| 9 | Panther | Newsletter placement plus its own detection media | T1 |
| 10 | ThreatLocker | 10+ airings across three shows this quarter | T1 |
| 11 | authentik | Newsletter slot plus a sponsored podcast episode | T2 |
| 12 | Thinkst Canary | Newsletter slot plus sponsored interview, same day | T2 |
| 13 | Material Security | Monthly podcast rotation, three episodes | T2 |
| 14 | Palo Alto Networks | Newsletter and podcast spend, major budget | T2 |
| 15 | Push Security | Primary newsletter slot (webinar campaign) | T2 |
| 16 | Opal Security | Two native ads in the same title, active-buyer listing | T2 |
| 17 | SpecterOps | Two consecutive weeks ahead of Black Hat | T2 |
| 18 | Prowler | Wholly sponsored podcast episode | T2 |
| 19 | Vanta | Podcast sponsorship plus active-buyer listing | T2 |
| 20 | Scanner.dev | Sponsored conversation in a comparable newsletter | T2 |
| 21 | Varonis | Primary slot, event campaign | T3 |
| 22 | Teleport | Sponsored link plus sponsor page listing | T3 |
| 23 | Nudge Security | Sponsored link plus sponsor page listing | T3 |
| 24 | Intruder | Primary newsletter slot | T3 |
| 25 | BlinkOps | Primary newsletter slot | T3 |
| 26 | Drata | Two properties: newsletter and podcast portfolio | T3 |
| 27 | Persona | Primary newsletter slot | T3 |
| 28 | Speakeasy | Two comparable newsletters in one month | T3 |
| 29 | Minimal | Secondary newsletter slot | T3 |
| 30 | Adaptive Security | Secondary newsletter slot | T3 |
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