Connie Loizos Succeeds Matthew Panzarino As TechCrunch EIC
August 30, 2023
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Connie Loizos Ascends to TechCrunch EIC
August 29, 2023
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The SWMS-Semrush Top 15 Index: Here’s What Go-Getters Want
August 10, 2023
3:57 pm
Inc. these days has 13 million unique visitors a month, more than twice that of Fast Company, which has 5.9 million. Entrepreneur does pretty well at 8 million. LinkedIn, on the other hand, has 1.7 billion.
Fortune Spikes, Bloomberg Swoons
June 20, 2023
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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.
Tom Krazit Launches ‘Runtime’
April 10, 2023
6:58 am
“We sure miss Protocol,” enterprise tech PR pros often say. What they mean is, “We sure miss what Tom Krazit brought to the party.” They no longer have to, because last week the former Protocol enterprise editor founded Runtime.
SWMS Q&A: Alex Wilhelm, EIC, TechCrunch+
March 22, 2023
9:23 am
Can the Silicon Valley Bank meltdown now seem so long ago? Yet the true fallout has not yet begun. In our Mar. 21 SWMS Q&A, edited for length and clarity — TechCrunch+ EIC Alex Wilhelm gives us a generous glimpse of what it was like to work at TechCrunch that day.
That Was Close. Now What?
March 13, 2023
4:50 am
Here’s a toolkit designed to help SWMS readers monitor the unfolding Silicon Valley Bank situation from a tech media point of view.
A Bumpy Rollout for The Information’s New Data Vertical
February 23, 2023
2:27 pm
The Information this week launched a premium subscription tier called The Information Pro, and so far is having a bumpy time of it. In published comments, five readers publicly objected to The Information moving its org chart content from the basic tier to The Information Pro.
Generative AI Hasn’t Arrived Quite Yet — But You Can See It From Here
February 9, 2023
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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.
Sherwood.News Is Out
April 16, 2024
Joshua Topolsky‘s edit project for Robinhood is optimized for mobile but you can peruse it here. The design seems crazy. Context from Axios’s Sara Fischer here.
Forbes Has A New AI Newsletter
April 16, 2024
‘The Prompt” is not out yet, but you can sign up for it here.
Axios Will Outflank AI By Lionizing Edit Stars
April 12, 2024
That’s the strategy as expressed to NYT’s Katie Robertson by Axios CEO Jim VandeHei. First up: Eleanor Hawkins, Sara Fischer and Dan Primack.