AI Does Spielberg
September 1, 2023
6:19 am
Gannett has ceased experimenting with AI bots doing some of its sportswriting. According to the Inside AI newsletter, one story published in the Gannett-owned Columbus
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Three of Ten ChatGPT Sessions Are From Programmers
August 31, 2023
9:38 am
Some great data here from Sparktoro.
Check Out These Five AI Newsletters
August 30, 2023
10:54 am
There are a bunch out there… these are the ones we read daily, and which inform our analyses. TLDR Inside AI AI Agenda The Rundown
AI Trends to Watch — Q4 2023
August 16, 2023
6:28 pm
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Newsroom Unions are Pushing Management to Negotiate AI Use
July 11, 2023
11:39 am
That’s the headline in this insightful, well-reported Digiday article (subscription required). Gist: publishers won’t have the right to implement AI without getting approval from journalists,
How Fortune Is Using Generative AI
June 26, 2023
6:04 am
Early days, but EIC Alyson Shontell gets specific on where it might work for Fortune and where it may not — the detail comes in
SWMS Q&A: Victor Dey, Tech Editor, VentureBeat
June 12, 2023
11:11 am
Victor Dey is a data scientist who discovered tech journalism. Often it’s the other way around. In any case, VentureBeat gets the win: Victor writes between 20 and 30 stories a month about AI, data science and cybersecurity — three of the most important beats in B2B — and he does it with authority.
CNET Rethinks AI — Again
June 8, 2023
8:31 am
Finally, Red Ventures understands that AI is a tool for use by editors, not the shortcut to obscene profit. The Verge’s Mia Sato has the
GPT-4’s Search of The Live Web — Useless
June 4, 2023
1:04 pm
The biggest knock on ChatGPT is that it knows nothing after September 2021. That is no longer true, thanks to an add-on released by OpenAI last month.
Q&A: Esther Ajao, AI Reporter, TechTarget
May 7, 2023
9:15 am
TechTarget news writer Esther Ajao covers AI software and systems for SearchEnterpriseAI and occasionally for SearchCustomerExperience. Until she arrived at TechTarget in Sept. 2021, Esther had valuable internships in the TV business but no tech media experience whatever.
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The Future of DEI?
December 11, 2023
This will get a lot of coverage, with any luck. Subscription may be required.
For Dow Jones, It Was A Very Good Year
November 30, 2023
Terrific interview in Press Gazette UK with Dow Jones CEO and WSJ publisher Almar Latour. Revenue and earnings are up — 80 percent comes from digital. Advertising revenue was down slightly, but subscriptions are strong and growing. Almar was quite generous in his advice to competitors — “differentiate,” he says.
The Economist Asks, ‘How Much Would You Pay?’
November 27, 2023
A survey fielded Nov. 27 asked how much (or how little) subscribers would pay for The Economist’s subscriber-only podcasts and newsletters, as well as its digital edition and a digital-print bundle. The survey strategy is brilliant: what if the publication charges too much, or worse, too little? Clearly, the publication is contemplating pricing changes and wants to maximize revenue.
The Information Begins Advertising Its Scoops
November 20, 2023
“You can read us first, or read them later,” says The Information in a new advertising campaign. You will not see a better way to call attention to excellent editorial.
Introducing the Fortune 500 Europe
November 8, 2023
What a good idea — and lucrative too. Fortune launches a list of the biggest companies in Europe by revenue. Can the Fortune 500 Asia be far behind?
A New Investment Firm Invests, Then Writes About It
November 1, 2023
The FT has a cool scoop about Hunterbrook, a new kind of investment firm. Guided in part by former WSJ EIC Matt Murray, Hunterbrook’s business model is part investment firm, part publisher. The investment side of the house drives a (theoretically) market-moving business deal, while the publishing side of the house — comprised of veteran business reporters and analysts — works alongside under NDA. At the very moment the deal is announced, the editorial side publishes the article, moving the market and giving Hunterbrook first-mover advantage. It’s all legal. though leaks could pose a moral hazard.