Business of News

An expert on competition policy says the antitrust system has become a political tool.

Data and efficiency are destined to shape the paper’s future. Whatever that means.

Nozlee Samadzadeh on restarting Gourmet with a profit-sharing plan for freelancers and space for foods that look gross but taste delicious.

A promising digital transition is underway. But a Paramount buyout will likely doom the progress being made.

“I wouldn’t be getting this experience at a national publication, to be extensively following the hottest news story in the country.”

“We are like living ghosts,” the editor of the Teton Times said.

UK publishers are banding together to create standards for responsible AI—amid Anthropic’s stark reminders of its potential for harm.

Patch built a newsletter system to be not hard-nosed journalism but a community-building tool.

The University of Missouri students bringing regional reporting back to Washington.

When asking AI about the news, readers “know the answers they are getting are not perfect.” They keep asking anyway.

Cleveland.com is embracing AI tools, including an AI rewrite desk.

A Uyghur-language news site is aiming to connect a scattered diaspora and preserve a culture at risk of disappearing.

As Nexstar, its corporate parent, pursues a merger with Tegna, NewsNation goes after the Nancy Guthrie story.

On climate policy, the Trump administration is willfully burying its head in the sand. It’s crucial newsrooms don’t follow. 

While the newspaper industry continues to contract, nonprofit news outlets have proliferated over the past decade. But dismissing profitable models for journalism is premature.