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For Dow Jones, It Was A Very Good Year

November 30, 2023 6:48 am

Terrific interview in Press Gazette UK with Dow Jones CEO and WSJ publisher Almar Latour. Revenue and earnings are up — 80 percent comes from

The Economist Asks, ‘How Much Would You Pay?’

November 27, 2023 11:48 am

A survey fielded Nov. 27 asked how much (or how little) subscribers would pay for The Economist’s subscriber-only podcasts and newsletters, as well as its

The Information Begins Advertising Its Scoops

November 20, 2023 12:26 pm

“You can read us first, or read them later,” says The Information in a new advertising campaign. You will not see a better way to

Introducing the Fortune 500 Europe

November 8, 2023 10:03 am

What a good idea — and lucrative too. Fortune launches a list of the biggest companies in Europe by revenue. Can the Fortune 500 Asia

A New Investment Firm Invests, Then Writes About It

November 1, 2023 4:35 am

The FT has a cool scoop about Hunterbrook, a new kind of investment firm. Guided in part by former WSJ EIC Matt Murray, Hunterbrook’s business

Thanks For Nothing

October 25, 2023 5:07 pm

When Google Bard was asked whether it could deliver a list of trade reporters along with their email addresses, it responded, “I’m a language model

AI Wrote This Pitch

October 25, 2023 4:37 pm

The pitch-writing tool Storypitch.ai writes “founder story” PR pitches and they permit one free sample. Ours was about a fictional flying golf bag that uses

NYT: Everyone’s Web Traffic Is Tanking

October 19, 2023 4:08 pm

Well, most everyone’s. The reason: social media and Google aren’t driving traffic like they used to. Excellent team reporting from Mike Isaac, Katie Robertson and

Peter Kafka, Sara Fischer To Speak Oct. 25 in New York City

October 17, 2023 1:15 pm

Vox Media senior correspondent Peter Kafka and Axios senior media reporter Sara Fischer will examine “The Future of News” in a two-hour event on Oct.

The Information Hires Former Morning Brew Exec To Drive Revenue

October 17, 2023 11:54 am

The Information is looking for revenue beyond paid subscriptions — they seem to be plateauing — and has hired former Morning Brew COO Matthew Resnick

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Newsweek Uses AI…

April 18, 2024

… and it has no problem disclosing how. Reporters still run the joint, but they are getting AI assistance.

The Atlantic’s Karen Hao Has A Big Idea

April 16, 2024

The Atlantic’s Karen Hao, in conjunction with the Pulitzer Center, is designing a course in AI for journalists. Classes begin next month. Details here. Might be something to alert your friendlies about. Karen hopes to help train 1,000 journalists in AI over the next two years.