Steve Huffman wants companies to stop overlooking recent graduates — and start hiring them for their fluency with artificial intelligence. The Reddit chief executive argues that a cohort raised alongside large language models offers a competitive advantage, at a time when companies are reworking products and workflows around AI. His view reflects a wider shift in Silicon Valley, where leaders are weighing short-term automation gains against the long-term need to develop talent. “The kids coming out of college right now learned how to program with AI,” Huffman said on the Sourcery with Molly O’Shea podcast. “They’re really good at it,…
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Deutsche Presse-Agentur has launched a programme to connect traditional newsrooms with digital-first creators, aiming to test new formats and reinforce fact-based reporting on social platforms. The initiative — Creator x News, supported by Google — was announced at a Berlin conference and will bring media organisations and journalistic creators into…
Axios is accelerating its use of artificial intelligence as it seeks to expand its reach and output, with executives making clear the technology will also reshape staffing and workflows across the company. In a memo to staff, chief executive Jim VandeHei described AI as central to a “moonshot” ambition to…
The Greek Antenna Group has acquired Gedi Gruppo Editoriale, the Turin-based publisher of La Repubblica, in a deal that reshapes Italy’s media landscape and ends the Agnelli-Elkann family’s involvement in the sector. The sale — confirmed to staff on Monday by Gedi chairman Paolo Ceretti — follows months of negotiation…
This first appeared in our weekly newsletter Editor’s picks. Sign up here I have long believed that op-ed columnists should be given five years in the job and then be sent out to pasture or other assignments. My experience is that after that long in the job – and to…
Axios has cut 11 newsroom roles as it pivots away from general assignment reporting towards specialist journalists with deep subject expertise. The move underscores a broader shift in digital media, where publishers are betting that authority and niche knowledge , rather than scale , will drive audience growth and revenue,…
News Corp said Dow Jones, the parent of the Wall Street Journal, could generate $1bn in annual earnings within five years, as the company shifts further towards digital subscriptions and professional data products. The target, presented at an investor briefing on March 16, implies growth of about 70 per cent…
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Sports Illustrated has expanded its video footprint with the launch of SI TV, a free ad-supported streaming channel offering round‑the‑clock programming drawn from the magazine’s journalism and decades of archived material. The 24/7 FAST (free ad‑supported streaming TV) service debuts with a mix of original series, studio shows, podcasts, live…
The New York Times launched its first purpose-built multiplayer game this week, a move that highlights how far the publisher’s digital expansion has shifted beyond news. Crossplay is a Scrabble-like word game that allows players to invite friends, compete against an artificial intelligence opponent and play via a dedicated app.…
WAN-IFRA has named Lena K Samuelsson as Executive Strategic Advisor as the global press body sharpens its focus on media leadership amid rapid technological change, shifting platform power, and rising political pressure on newsrooms. According to WAN-IFRA, Samuelsson will provide strategic insight and serve as a WAN-IFRA expert on media…
OpenAI has confirmed that advertising will begin appearing in ChatGPT in the US for free and Go tiers “over the coming weeks”, while paid plans such as Pro, Business and Enterprise will remain ad-free. The change converts what many treated as a laboratory for organic visibility into a commercial marketplace,…
One of Axel Springer’s most prominent German editors has stepped down following an internal inquiry into his conduct at a company Christmas party. Jan Philipp Burgard, 41, who served as editor-in-chief of the centre-right broadsheet Die Welt, left Axel Springer after executives opened an investigation this month into reports that…
Symbolic.ai, an artificial intelligence startup founded by former eBay chief executive Devin Wenig and Ars Technica co-founder Jon Stokes, has struck a commercial partnership with News Corp to deploy its AI-native publishing platform across the media group’s newsrooms, beginning with Dow Jones Newswires, the company said in announcements this week.…
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