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The news and data giant has — with a relatively small team — built a generative AI that it says outperforms the competition on its own specific information needs.

Under professional direction, student reporters are producing important state-government stories across the country.

Plus: A fake news game that seems to inoculate players against fake news.

The crowd-funded news platform aims to combat fake news by combining professional journalism with volunteer fact checking: "news by the people and for the people."

Want to know the true value of AI, NFTs, and other much-touted technologies? Ignore the news and look at the harsh judgment of the market.

“I strongly believe that missionaries make better products. They care more. For a missionary, it’s not just about the business. There has to be a business, and the business has to make sense, but that’s not why you do it. You do it because you have something meaningful that motivates you.”

It is increasingly the tech stack of choice for major news publishers. But now Arc wants to be the backbone of your digital advertising and subscriptions, too.

It's a remarkable turnaround for an institution that's been losing money for what seems like forever, and there are lessons to be had for other digital publishers.

You can now VLOOKUP the SUMPRODUCT of the Times' training efforts. It's SORT of a TREND; even AVERAGE journalists can CONVERT data skills TO_DOLLARS.

That "rapper" accused of billions in crypto fraud was also a Forbes contributor. Is it finally time to move past the contributor network?

Conspiracy theories seem to meet psychological needs and can be almost impossible to eradicate. One remedy: Keep them from taking root in the first place.

Some reporters can build a career around their own personal brands. But doing great work requires an infrastructure, including a lot of talented people who don't get bylines. Barry Sussman — the…

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The number of new podcasts launched fell by nearly 80% between 2020 and 2022 — and seems to keep dropping. Has podcasting moved from gold rush to mature market?

Data from Germany finds that Apple Podcasts users devote about 23 percent of their podcast listening to news shows — versus just 8 percent for Spotify users.

Adam Davidson: "I think we got lazy as a field, and we let Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, and, god help us, Elon Musk and their staff decide all these major journalistic questions."

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The Journal went on a quest to identify the user actions — an app download, an article share, repeat reading of a particular reporter’s stories — that can turn a new subscriber into a loyal one. Then…

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Early coverage sidestepped conversations about the unique kinds of gendered racism that a Black girl from a working-class California neighborhood might face on the professional tour.

The same-day cancellation rate likely includes subscribers who only wanted access to one article, or who felt the full paid experience was lacking after a quick look around. New data suggests some…

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«Still, questions remain about the long-term viability of this strategy. Can Ukraine’s strategic use of information continue to offset Russia’s material advantages?»

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