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January 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Unionized writers have secured new protections governing the use of generative AI in member newsrooms, reports the Hollywood Reporter. The union -- Writers Guild of America, East -- represents Fast Company, Wired and many other prominent titles. The union won agreement that publications "will not…
January 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Axios reported on Jan. 24 that private equity firm Blackstone will sell IDG/Foundry, publishers of InfoWorld, Computerworld and Network World (and owners of IDC) to another private equity firm called Regent, which bought streaming video channel Cheddar in 2023. Remains to be seen how the ownership…
January 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"I'm leaving to build something new," Alex posted on X today. He spent 12 years at Forbes as a reporter and a builder of databases and lists. It's time he gets to keep the money.
January 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
TC's Rebecca Bellan finds fault with Quartz for how poorly its AI rewrote a recent story of hers. Quartz doesn't attempt to hide its use of AI. This will be the year everyone assumes that all publications use AI one way or another, and few if any people will come to care.
January 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
How many fintech reporters operate out of Washington, DC? This cheat sheet captures ten, across big titles and trades alike. If you happen to know of a DC-based Bloomberg fintech reporter, please drop a note. Seems like there should be one.
In the sidebar, DeepSeek and Claude 3.5 Sonnet tackled the…
January 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Here’s an updated cheat sheet with 11 Substack newsletters focused on AI. The selection comprises a combo of analysis-driven work from experts, and newsletters that blend original work with ICYMI links to “AI news of the week.”
January 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Dr. Diane Hamilton has posted 37 articles on Forbes's CHRO Network page since Dec. 1. She has an active LinkedIn profile, which advertises a book she wrote. But her X feed and her personal web page both seem to be down. The Dr. happens to be founder and CEO of Tonerra, a company that specializes in…
January 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Today's Press-Gazette has a fascinating interview with Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, who left the FT to launch The CEO Signal, a weekly newsletter built for CEOs of companies with annual revenues of at least $500M. You can apply to receive it here.
January 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Substack is producing a fair amount of talented fintech experts; here's a cheat sheet with eight of them, with contact info and more.
January 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
At a subscriber’s request, here’s a cheat sheet with ten cloud targets based in Boston. Three of the ten, predictably, work at TechTarget. It’s a sign of the times that no IDG/Foundry names show up on the list.
January 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Less than ten individuals were impacted, says a Jan. 15 report in Business Insider. Monitor Fridge Notes for the names as they become known.
January 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Registration is now open for the 'Bloomberg Tech' F2F event, being held Jun. 4-5 in San Francisco. With the current early-bird discount, a ticket runs $1,500. There is no better way to build relationships with Bloomberg's notoriously elusive tech reporters.
December 20, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Well, for now it's Jim Jordan... but such news illustrates the kind of world we seem to be headed for. Adweek has the details, subscription required.