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The Wall Street Journal’s newly launched TikTok channel now boasts 34 videos and almost 8,000 followers… Indrani Sen left NYT to edit features at Fortune…

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TechCrunch enterprise reporter Ron Miller usually does the interviewing, but last week, on LinkedIn Live, Ron gave an interview to CRM expert Brent Leary. Here’s

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Edit vet Damon Beres now is a senior editor covering tech for The Atlantic. Quickest to congratulate him on Twitter: Danielle Sacks, Mat Honan, Farhad

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Axios Communicators, a weekly newsletter for “internal and external communicators,” arrives this month. It’s edited by new arrival Eleanor Hawkins, whose background is politics… Fortune

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Has the NYT’s David Gelles quit Corner Office or not? Seven 2022 Corner Office columns appear on David’s own coverage page that have not shown

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CMO specialist Marty Swant left Forbes and will announce his next reporting job soon… Kent German quit CNET after 18 years and says he will

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Bradley Davis left the New York Post to become director of business news at Insider. There he will oversee reporters who cover breaking news for

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Karen Hao left MIT Tech Review to cover China tech and society for the WSJ. No word yet on her replacement… Sharon Goldman joined VentureBeat

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The ‘AI Fantasy Draft’ From Eric Newcomer

At this time last year, Eric Newcomer and his two podcast co-hosts — Max Child and James Wilsterman — each formed an “AI startup fantasy team” and picked five AI startups to seed their rosters. We’re now in year 2 and it’s time to draft again. The podcasters wonder… which startups do they dump? Which do they add? The player whose startups accumulate the most total value by Nov. 1, 2028 is the winner, so there’s plenty of time to make adjustments. Here’s a link to the AI fantasy team podcast — you may need a password. Not sure.

How Do We Read?

This timeless explainer — a powerful blend of visuals and text — will explain the psychology of how we read, as in, how does the mind actually work? Hats off to Message Labs, the producer.

How NYT Uses Gen AI

Ars Technica recently filed this revealing piece on how the NYT uses gen AI to analyze gargantuan transcripts, ones that would overwhelm mere mortals. The results still need to be reviewed by humans, but the grunt analysis is done by the LLM. Investigative reporting becomes easier. Journalism is served.

TechTarget Shareholders to Vote on Merger With Informa

It was announced long ago, but on Nov, 26 we learn whether TechTarget stockholders want to join forces with Informa and its legion of IT media brands, not least of which is Industry Dive. It will be hard to imagine a rival of equal power, with IDG/Foundry now a shadow of its former self. IDG/Foundry’s lack of investment and focus on cost-cutting will look unwise if TechTarget and Informa do merge.

Wired To Run Stories from 404 Media

404 Media may not be on your radar, but it currently ranks 8th of 50 leading publications recognized by Techmeme. The edit startup took a step forward this week, announcing a deal with Wired, which will run two 404 Media stories a month — and the pair might collaborate on stories beginning in 2025.

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