Google launched a private program for a handful of independent publishers last month, providing the news organizations with beta access to an unreleased generative artificial intelligence platform in exchange for receiving analytics and feedback, according to documents seen by...
OpenAI filed a motion in federal court on Monday that seeks to dismiss some key elements of a lawsuit brought by The New York Times Company.The Times sued OpenAI and its partner Microsoft on Dec. 27, accusing them of...
The Financial Times has launched a new venture arm to invest in high-growth media and tech companies, executives told Axios, and FT Ventures' first investment is in Charter, a future-of-work media startup.Why it matters: The separate investment arm lets...
If the career of Roger Fidler has any meaning, it is this: Sometimes, you can see the future coming but get trampled by it anyway.Thirty years ago, Mr. Fidler was a media executive pushing a reassuring vision of the...
The question of whether or not to grant a source anonymity can be a tricky one. There’s so much to consider, from the source’s safety, how precious the information at hand is, what your readers think, your newsroom’s sourcing...
After our interview, Ros Atkins goes viral on X (formerly known as Twitter) with a thread about his journey back to London from Penzance. It chronicles his will-he-won’t-he make it trip home on a rail replacement bus that made...
Popular. Fearless. And progressive. That’s Raw Story’s tagline. The other word that comes up when talking to leadership is nimble.Two decades into its run, the digital native site, started in 2004 by John Byrne as a counterpoint to the...
In his spare time, Tony Eastin likes to dabble in the stock market. One day last year, he Googled a pharmaceutical company that seemed like a promising investment. One of the first search results Google served up on its...
A team led by former Twitter engineers is rethinking how AI can be used to help people process news and information. Particle.news, which entered into private beta over the weekend, is a new startup offering a personalized, “multi-perspective” news...
On Thursday morning, a rumor started to circulate among media workers. Vice senior editor Janus Rose disclosed that staffers were in possession of an anonymous tip that management planned to shutter Vice—and delete the entire website. Employees had noticed...
