TechCrunch Surveys Readers To Set Course For 2024
November 13, 2023
7:55 am
TechCrunch last week fielded a reader survey built to define what TC readers see in 2024, and perhaps, how many editors produce it.
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Our Q&A With GPT-4 About Kyle Wiggers
November 12, 2023
8:39 am
The following is a “conversation” between SWMS and GPT-4 regarding recent work from TechCrunch senior reporter Kyle Wiggers. It has been edited for length and clarity, as we do our Q&As with humans.
Cheat Sheet: Self-Care Targets
November 11, 2023
10:25 am
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Google Bard: ‘TechCrunch Was Better Than ZDNet and The Verge’
November 8, 2023
11:30 am
Ever go to Techmeme and wonder which article is “the best” on a given topic? Generative AI can help answer that question. We looked at news published this week from ZDNet, TechCrunch and The Verge…
Dossier: Carl Franzen, VentureBeat
November 7, 2023
7:36 am
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Cheat Sheet: Academic Publications
October 19, 2023
11:53 am
Here is a cheat sheet with pointers to nine academic titles that can deliver prestige and credibility. The downside: with the exception of Harvard Business Review, relatively few read these publications.
What’s Next For TechCrunch Contributed Content?
October 18, 2023
11:33 am
What will become of contributed content at TechCrunch now that gatekeeper Walter Thompson has left the publication? Subscribers are asking.
Cheat Sheet: NYC-Based Tech Reporters
October 16, 2023
5:57 am
Here’s a cheat sheet with 22 tech reporters based in greater New York City. We focused as best we could on B2B tech and on the individuals who wrote more frequently than their peers.
Deep Dive: How To Make Fortune’s Success Work For You
October 10, 2023
4:07 pm
Few publications in the 21st century have grown the way Fortune has. How can this growth work for you, not against you? That’s the mission of this SWMS deep-dive.
Cheat Sheet: ‘Predictions 2024’
October 2, 2023
11:00 am
By popular demand, here’s a cheat sheet with 59 authors who posted predictions last year and can be expected to do so again. (Last year’s cheat sheet contained 52.)
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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.
Sherwood.News Is Out
April 16, 2024
Joshua Topolsky‘s edit project for Robinhood is optimized for mobile but you can peruse it here. The design seems crazy. Context from Axios’s Sara Fischer here.
Forbes Has A New AI Newsletter
April 16, 2024
‘The Prompt” is not out yet, but you can sign up for it here.
Axios Will Outflank AI By Lionizing Edit Stars
April 12, 2024
That’s the strategy as expressed to NYT’s Katie Robertson by Axios CEO Jim VandeHei. First up: Eleanor Hawkins, Sara Fischer and Dan Primack.
Digiday: Forbes Paying The Price For Scandal
April 12, 2024
Forbes’s reputation is taking a hit because of the ad scandal unearthed this month by the WSJ. Some advertisers have stopped spending with Forbes, at least temporarily. Here’s the latest from Digiday [subscription required].