I can’t remember the last time I was as shocked by a news-industry number as I was by 200,000. Specifically, the 200,000 Washington Post subscribers who NPR’s David Folkenflik reported cancelled their subscriptions in the days after the paper...
Perplexity, the AI-powered search engine, might hallucinate from time to time. But the company wants to show that it’s trustworthy enough to use for tracking election results.Today, Perplexity announced a dedicated hub for U.S. general election information. Populated by...
Fox Corporation (Nasdaq: FOXA, FOX; “FOX” or the “Company”) today reported financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2024. The Company reported total quarterly revenues of $3.56 billion, an increase of $357 million or 11% from the...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming how media companies operate, from automating routine tasks to enabling entirely new forms of storytelling.At our recent Arc XP Connect event in London, we hosted a discussion with four AI experts to learn where...
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump has been very clear about the shape of his revenge against the mainstream media. He’s mused, a few times, about throwing reporters in jail if they refuse to leak their sources. He’s talked...
As vote counting begins and the nation prepares for a transition of presidential power, newsrooms everywhere — but particularly in swing states, swing counties, state capitals and near Washington, D.C. — should have a strategy for covering political violence...
Since forming in the wake of the 2014 Innovation Report, the Newsroom Strategy team has supported The Times in navigating a media ecosystem continually in flux. Our mission is to help the newsroom chart and implement our strategy, focusing on...
With one ill-timed decision, Jeff Bezos undermined eleven years of positive behavior as a newspaper owner. But there is a way he could quickly regain admiration and strengthen democracy: donate the Washington Post to a public charity dedicated to...
You may have heard that an eye-watering 250,000 subscribers have left The Washington Post following the paper’s decision to not endorse a presidential candidate.The figure represents about 10% of the Post’s digital subscribers. Readers were particularly upset at the...
Thoughts on open source governance and how to create trust within technology, communities, and media.Ghost is a distributed non-profit foundation which gives away all of its intellectual property under a permissive MIT license. The company has no investors and,...
