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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Penske Media Corporation has sued Google in federal court in Manhattan, alleging the company illegally monopolises the digital advertising market and has deprived publishers of billions of dollars in revenue. The case underscores mounting pressure on Google’s ad-tech business as publishers seek damages and structural remedies that could reshape how…
The global news industry is heading into a defining year in 2026, caught between the growing power of agentic artificial intelligence and a creator economy that is reshaping how audiences discover, trust and consume information, according to the latest Journalism, Media and Technology Trends and Predictions report, released this week…
AI is now firmly on every publishing agenda. Yet many organisations still struggle to answer a basic question: how ready are we, really? That uncertainty is what prompted us to create a simple AI readiness benchmark for publishers. Why this matters The aim is to create a clearer, industry-wide picture…
Goalhanger has made three senior appointments as it moves to scale beyond podcasts and accelerate international growth following a record year. The hires signal Goalhanger’s shift from a hit-driven podcast network to a broader media business, with new emphasis on operational scale, financial discipline and expansion into written formats. The…
The decision by Block Communications to close the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, effective May 3, 2026, will bring to an end a title founded in 1786 that long served as western Pennsylvania’s paper of record. The closure is one of the most significant metropolitan newspaper shutdowns in a decade and a stark…
Polymarket has struck an exclusive data partnership with Dow Jones that will surface real-time market-implied probabilities across the publisher’s US financial properties, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch and Investor’s Business Daily. Under the agreement announced this week, Dow Jones will display Polymarket’s live prediction market feeds through dedicated…
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