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Morning Brew Lays Off Another 40

March 10, 2023 1:19 pm

Owner Axel Springer must be nervous. Not a good signal from one the world’s most successful publishers. We’ll do the best we can to audit

Analysis: Emerging Tech Brew

October 6, 2022 8:42 am

One can see Morning Brew’s overall ambitions in one of its most interesting franchises, Emerging Tech Brew. It has published deep-dives on smart cities, digital health and “the web of the future,” and tutorial “guides” on AI, autonomous vehicles, drones, the cloud and virtual fitting rooms.

Analysis: IT Brew

October 5, 2022 12:59 pm

Launched in May 2022, IT Brew is learning what it is. In the early going it is very much a twice-weekly cybersecurity newsletter. Last month, 14 of 17 articles focused on the topic. Each of the 14 was deeply reported, with lots of quotes and links.

Deep-Dive: Morning Brew

October 3, 2022 4:16 pm

Today’s Morning Brew is a bigger publisher than most publishers. Partially owned by Insider and in turn by Axel Springer, Morning Brew now employs more than 300 — five-fold growth since 2020 — and this year is on pace for more than $70M in revenue.

Profile: Andrew Nusca, Morning Brew

December 14, 2021 10:22 am

After more than ten successful years at ZDNet and Fortune, Andrew Nusca is wrapping up his first successful year at Morning Brew, the newsletter publisher co-owned by Insider Inc. As executive editor, Andrew oversees the daily Morning Brew flagship newsletter, the one with more than three million daily readers.

Cheat Sheet: Morning Brew Pitch Targets

December 14, 2021 9:46 am

Here are the 16 writers and editors associated with all seven Morning Brew newsletters. Topics: personal finance, lifestyle, emerging tech, HR, marketing, retail and the “generalist” flagship newsletter.

YOUR ACCOUNT

FRIDGE NOTES

FT Opens Up Its Content to OpenAI

April 30, 2024

While the NYT pursues its suit against OpenAI, the Financial Times has chosen to license its content to help OpenAI train current and future LLMs. The NYT seems to be on the wrong side of this issue, with the Associated Press and Axel Springer also choosing to see OpenAI as a source of income, rather than an enemy.

Here’s the opposing view, from Press Gazette’s Dominic Young, who advises publishers to play a game of chicken with OpenAI and its LLM competitors.

Newsweek Uses AI…

April 18, 2024

… and it has no problem disclosing how. Reporters still run the joint, but they are getting AI assistance.

The Atlantic’s Karen Hao Has A Big Idea

April 16, 2024

The Atlantic’s Karen Hao, in conjunction with the Pulitzer Center, is designing a course in AI for journalists. Classes begin next month. Details here. Might be something to alert your friendlies about. Karen hopes to help train 1,000 journalists in AI over the next two years.