We recently upgraded this cheat sheet to 19 newsletters, all with contact info. We tried to avoid the roll-up newsletters that point to others’ content but offer little of their own. There are a couple in there. Then again, those “digest” newsletters point to still more resources.
The AI cheat sheets will come fast and furious, especially in the verticals as the technology transforms all. We came up with 13 names, including three from VentureBeat, the go-to publication for the application of AI in business.
Readers have been asking, “What are publications doing with AI? Will AI start to impact my job [in tech PR]?” Based on our research, the answers are (a) they’re not sure yet and (b) not for a very long time.
Search platform TechNews last month introduced features that let users spot trends deep within tech editorial. Launched as IT Database in 2007, TechNews is widely used within tech PR to learn who is writing what.
This cheat sheet is a revision of the one published in August 2022. You’ll find new names among the 21 listed. Definitely new is the appearance of generative AI examples.
Great reporting from Futurism’s Noor Al-Sibai and Jon Christian. Despite vowing not to do this, it looks like BuzzFeed chief Jonah Peretti can’t resist selling
Don’t know what to say on a job interview, or a date? In a recent hackathon, Stanford researchers used AR glasses, voice recognition and ChatGPT
The Verge’s Mia Sato delivers a scoop on layoffs at CNET (perhaps 10% of staff) and Connie Guglielmo‘s move from EIC to editor-at-large and senior
Newly promoted Madhumita Murgia oversees AI coverage in the FT, across all disciplines. NiemanLab reveals her priorities in this Feb. 27 Q&A. “Good journalism, in
Futurism continues with its exclusive reporting. Red Ventures has instituted new procedures and has committed to generative AI no matter the cost. All of publishing
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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.
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.
“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.
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?
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.
