Julia Beizer, chief operating officer of Bloomberg Media, is leaving the company to join Microsoft in a senior role leading its AI news product. Her appointment, reporting directly to Microsoft AI chief executive Mustafa Suleyman, marks another high-profile shift of media leadership into big tech as generative tools become central to how audiences find and use information. Microsoft and other platforms are racing to build AI-driven news experiences, drawing on executives who understand both editorial priorities and product design. Their decisions will shape how journalism is distributed – and monetised – in the next wave of platform innovation. Beizer has…
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Jeff Zucker, chief executive of RedBird IMI and an operating partner at RedBird Capital, used a Content London 2025 keynote to outline a blunt investment plan: back high-quality intellectual property, favour niche or deep-information news outlets and treat artificial intelligence as a production tool rather than a replacement for reporters.…
Newsweek is developing an AI-powered homepage with Google Cloud in an attempt to reverse falling traffic and shrinking search referrals. At a time when many readers bypass homepages altogether, the magazine is wagering that a personalised front page – tuned to users’ interests and local information such as weather, news…
Los Angeles Times journalists have averted a strike by ratifying a new labour contract after nearly two months since authorising strike action. Approximately 87 percent of members of the Los Angeles Times Guild, which represents around 200 newsroom staff including reporters, editors, photographers, and designers, voted to approve the deal.…
James Lamont will leave the Financial Times at the end of the year to become chief executive of Norway’s DN Media Group, closing a 25-year chapter at the FT that spanned editorial leadership, strategic partnerships and digital development. Lamont’s FT career included eight years as Managing Editor, a period in…
The NewsGuild-CWA has launched a campaign called News Not Slop, challenging how artificial intelligence is being rolled out across newsrooms. It captures a growing split in the industry: whether publishers can use automation to stem losses without undermining the human reporting that gives journalism its value. Representing 27,000 workers across…
Nine US regional newspapers have launched a sweeping copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, seeking damages that could exceed $10 billion. The plaintiffs include the Boston Herald, Hartford Courant, San Diego Union-Tribune, Los Angeles Daily News, New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune and Denver Post. They allege the companies trained…
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Microsoft is preparing to launch a new platform that could reshape how publishers are compensated for their journalism in the age of AI. The Publisher Content Marketplace (PCM) will integrate with Microsoft’s Copilot assistant and pay publishers based on how their content is used within AI applications, signalling a shift…
A coalition of 11 leading economists, including Nobel laureates Joseph Stiglitz and Daron Acemoğlu, has issued a stark warning that the collapse of independent journalism poses a direct threat to global economic prosperity. Their new report, The Economic Imperative of Investing in Public Interest Media, published by the High-Level Panel…
The News Movement, the Gen Z-focused social-led media brand, has entered a new phase of growth and maturity following a significant investment believed to exceed $10 million. This infusion of capital marks a transition from its early “scrappy start-up” days to a more established media entity under the new name…
Oliver Darcy, the former CNN media reporter who launched the independent newsletter Status, is expanding his media-focused publication with new editorial hires, a daily publishing schedule and a push into video. Darcy, who left CNN in August 2024 after serving as senior media reporter and writing the network’s Reliable Sources…
The New York Times has made significant strides in integrating artificial intelligence technology into its investigative journalism, enabling reporters to tackle complex investigations that would have been unfeasible just a few years ago. Under the leadership of Zach Seward, appointed as editorial director for AI initiatives in December 2023, the…
President Donald Trump has announced a significant development in the ongoing negotiations to bring TikTok’s American operations under U.S. ownership, revealing that prominent figures from the corporate and media world—including Lachlan Murdoch, Larry Ellison, and Michael Dell—would be involved as investors in a proposed deal. The deal aims to transfer…
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