“The world needs great journalism, but great journalism needs a great business model,” with a quote from media analyst Ben Thompson, Meredith Kopit Levien, president and CEO of The New York Times Company, began her keynote presentation at the 25th...
Since Meta blocked links to news in Canada last August to avoid paying fees to media companies, right-wing meme producer Jeff Ballingall says he has seen a surge in clicks for his Canada Proud Facebook page."Our numbers are growing...
The Intercept, the left-wing U.S. newsroom that’s been a thorn in Joe Biden’s side and a hub for pro-Palestinian coverage, is nearly out of money and facing its own bitter civil war, with multiple feuding factions battling for power...
Craig Peters is bullish on AI.The CEO of Getty Images, who is taking part in an innovation summit on artificial intelligence being held Wednesday at Cannes’ international TV market MIPTV, remains clear-eyed about the dangers generative AI could pose...
Welcome back to Soundbite. Today, we’re learning — and relearning — the lesson that not everything you scroll past online is as it seems. As always, reach me through email, and if you haven’t yet subscribed to this newsletter,...
With 2024 a year of acute financial distress and outright closures in the for-profit journalism world, some commentators are arguing that nonprofit startups have become the great hope for the future.The continued growth of the sector is clearly a...
One of the most interesting stories our data has surfaced over the past year is Twitch’s transformation from America’s premier destination for livestreaming to an overwhelmingly Spanish-language sports network. Which has happened at a pivotal moment for the platform.Twitch...
We all keep reading about how generative AI is now so widely available that it poses a profound new threat to legitimate journalism and to trust in general. So I decided to find out exactly how easy it is...
Journalists, academics and media executives gathered this week in Copenhagen for the Nordic AI in Media Summit. It was the second edition of the event, hosted by the Nordic AI Journalism Network. The initiative is led by Kasper Lindskow from...
Once upon a time there was ChatGPT, and people had a lot of fun with it. You could use it to write poems, formal emails, or a pitch for a Bravo reality show about the bats that live underneath...
