Politico/E&E News journalists win AI arbitration case
labor clabor covUnionized journalists at Politico and E&E News (PEN Guild) announced Monday a major victory in their arbitration case against management over the company’s unilateral introduction of artificial intelligence tools that bypassed negotiated safeguards and undermined core journalistic standards. In a detailed decision, the arbitrator found Politico violated the collective bargaining agreement when it […]
FT parent strikes artificial intelligence deal
The Financial Times Group has announced a strategic partnership with RavenPack, a leader in artificial intelligence and big data analytics for financial services. Terms were not disclosed The partnership comprises three components: an investment in RavenPack by FT Ventures, an AI content license framework with FT Professional, and access to selected FT Group products and services. […]
CNN taps Gold to cover artificial intelligence
CNN has tapped Hadas Gold to cover artificial intelligence. She has spent the past five years as its Israel correspondent. Before that, Gold had been a business, media and technology correspondent for CNN Business based in London. She previously worked for Politico. and her work appeared across CNN Politics, CNNMoney, and CNN. Prior to joining CNN, Gold spent more than five years at Politico as […]
Business Insider joining Microsoft content marketplace
Business Insider CEO Barbara Peng sent out the following to the staff: Team, Business Insider is one of the most-cited sources in large language models, but we are often not appropriately credited or compensated by AI companies. I’m excited to share some excellent news: Business Insider is one of the first publishers to join Microsoft’s […]
The personalization opportunities at the WSJ
Taneth Evans, head of digital at The Wall Street Journal, talked about how AI technology can help it personalize content, reports Dominic Ponsford of Press Gazette. Ponsford writes, “She said: ‘The thing I’m really excited about is that I think it’s the era that we will begin to take in true personalisation. I think new audiences […]
Bloomberg Media is using “synthetic characters” to test products
Bloomberg Media is using artificial intelligence to create “synthetic characters” that it can test products and marketing messages on, reports Dominic Ponsford of Press Gazette. Ponsford reports, “Bloomberg Media has added more than 100,000 subscribers over the last year and is nearing 700,000 paying readers and viewers for its consumer media business (as distinct from […]
Fortune’s Del Rey departs to start The Aisle
Fortune tech correspondent Jason Del Rey has left to start The Aisle, which plans to cover artificial intelligence in commerce. “It’ll feature weekly in-depth original reporting and exclusive interviews,” he wrote on LinkedIn. “It’ll also publish scoops and breaking analysis when news demands it.” He has been with Fortune since January 2024. Del Rey previously spent […]
What’s driving AI coverage for Fields of The Verge
Meredith Klein of Meredith and the Media interviewed artificial intelligence reporter Hayden Field of The Verge about her job. Here is an excerpt: You joined The Verge a few months ago to cover AI. What’s driving your coverage? The AI industry’s societal implications, the power dynamics, regulatory questions, and who’s driving the tech’s development forward, whether large companies, […]
Forbes has launched an AI-dynamic paywall
Forbes has launched an artificial intelligence-powered dynamic paywall as it looks to make subscriptions a larger slice of its revenue pie, reports Jessica Davies of Digiday. Davies writes, “The publisher began rolling out the dynamic paywall to 20 percent of its audience on Oct. 17, and launched it today (Nov. 14) to the entire Forbes audience. […]
Wired hires features editor, AI reporter
Wired executive editor Brian Barrett sent out the following to the staff: Hi all, I’m delighted to announce that Alana Hope Levinson will be joining us as a features editor, and Maxwell Zeff as a senior writer covering AI. Alana has had a storied career as both a writer and editor of longform journalism; her […]
