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A new report identifies dozens of local news sources, from journalism outlets to church newsletters, to understand what really powers an information ecosystem.

Google’s attempts to repackage news are encroaching on publishers. As a cofounder of WTF Is SEO?, an industry newsletter, has observed: “A growing sentiment is that Google is not a partner but a competitor.” 

Tech companies say that LLMs work better if they remember things about you. But people may find themselves “insulated from the truth by the very tools they use to seek it.”

Polymarket and Kalshi are quickly making deals with news publishers, with potential implications for the regulation of prediction markets. It’s unclear how journalism wins.

A European journalist apologized for using AI to fabricate quotes—including from me. But there’s little accountability in blaming a chatbot.

“News” accounts tied to betting markets are filling a demand for breaking news on a platform many journalists have abandoned.

A new wave of cases pin blame for tech’s harms on product design—keeping the First Amendment and Section 230 out of the conversation.

What Minneapolis can show us.

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

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

How nonprofit and for-profit business models can complement each other when big-money media fails.

Metric Media filed more than nine thousand public records requests last year. It used the data to target Democratic politicians and private citizens.

FOIA’s systemic problems meet partisan robo-requests.

An analysis of politicians’ official social media accounts.

Why AI platforms should be accountable for misrepresenting breaking news