FT Invests In Biopharma Pub
April 5, 2023
5:40 am
The Financial Times is now a majority shareholder in Endpoints News, a vertical covering biopharma. It’s not the first time that the FT grew by
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BuzzFeed Said to Be Using AI to Write Travel Articles
March 31, 2023
2:19 pm
Great reporting from Futurism’s Noor Al-Sibai and Jon Christian. Despite vowing not to do this, it looks like BuzzFeed chief Jonah Peretti can’t resist selling
A Leftover from Our Mar. 30 Cybersecurity Deep-Dive
March 30, 2023
4:17 am
The following didn’t quite fit with our Mar. 30 cybersecurity deep-dive but we still wanted to share it: This hunger for context is why we
12 Months of Wired for… $5
March 29, 2023
3:00 pm
Condé Nast cut the price of a Wired subscription from $29.95 a year to $5 a year. This is how far the publisher will go
Coming Soon: Charisma as a Service (CaaS)
March 28, 2023
5:33 am
Don’t know what to say on a job interview, or a date? In a recent hackathon, Stanford researchers used AR glasses, voice recognition and ChatGPT
Publishers are Losing Visibility in Google Search Results
March 23, 2023
9:11 am
The publications in question are UK-based. Still, the author’s observations about Google bode ill for US publishers as well.
Biz Carson to Bloomberg
March 14, 2023
6:15 am
Biz now covers “the intersection of money and Silicon Valley” for the Bloomberg Wealth section (not Brad Stone‘s team).
G/O Media Sells Lifehacker to Ziff Davis
March 14, 2023
6:12 am
Axios’s Sara Fischer has the scoop.
Behind the WSJ’s Attack on ‘Woke’ SVB
March 14, 2023
6:01 am
Twitter blew up yesterday about the WSJ’s suggestion that SVB’s problems may have stemmed from “diversity demands.” Absolutely no one should be surprised by this
ICYMI: SMK at SdXCentral
March 13, 2023
5:24 pm
Sean Michael Kerner now writes for SdXCentral… watch for his copy soon.
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New Formats for SWMS Cheat Sheets
June 8, 2023
One of the reasons for our upcoming partial hiatus is to explore all the different ways we can bring you additional value. Here’s how future cheat sheets might look — with art and a sidebar.
CNET Rethinks AI — Again
June 8, 2023
Finally, Red Ventures understands that AI is a tool for use by editors, not the shortcut to obscene profit. The Verge’s Mia Sato has the latest.
Insider Goes on Strike…
June 3, 2023
… over healthcare benefits. The shop has always been a high-stress place to work. We’ll see who gives in first. The Wrap broke the news.
NYT Competitor Shellacked… by NYT
May 22, 2023
A thousand words about The Messenger, a well-funded news startup that had a few challenges out of the gate? Read for yourself (password probably required) with an eye toward whether the NYT’s audience is being served.
CNET Is Unionizing
May 17, 2023
Mia Sato at The Verge has the story. Hollywood writers aren’t the only writers with livelihoods at stake.
SWMS Turns 25 Today
May 11, 2023
SWMS turns 25 today — only because our subscribers made it possible. Thank you for all the support over all the years.
Traffic to Stack Overflow Drops; ChatGPT Is the Reason
May 11, 2023
David Carr has the story on the Similarweb blog.
Open Stats for SWMS 5/9 Emailer
May 11, 2023
In descending order: who’s still left at ZDNet and TechRepublic; cheat sheets on SF-based tech reporters and AI in retail; Esther Ajao Q&A; cheat sheets on DEI, AI newsletters, accessibility and podcasts for retail investors; Larry Dignan joins Constellation Research; Robin Wauters podcast; cheat sheet on room videoconferencing systems.
Discover ‘Rest of World’
May 11, 2023
If you’re interested in a truly global picture of how tech is transforming business and society, explore Rest of World, a fascinating newsletter franchise.