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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USA Today has appointed Jamie Stockwell as vice president of news, the company said, adding that she will take up the role on 30 March 2026. The hire places Stockwell alongside senior vice president Monica Richardson as USA Today seeks to expand its national reach and modernise newsroom operations. “USA…
The nonprofit political newsroom NOTUS has hired nine journalists, including seven from The Washington Post, in a move that underscores growing competition between legacy news organisations and well-funded startup outlets. The hires, announced Monday in an internal memorandum from the Allbritton Journalism Institute, bring a cluster of veteran reporters and…
Two months after Australia introduced the world’s first nationwide ban preventing under-16s from holding accounts on major social media platforms, early data suggests teenage use has fallen but not disappeared. A report from parental control software maker Qustodio found activity among 13- to 15-year-olds on TikTok and Snapchat declined between…
A proposed class action in Manhattan federal court accuses Grammarly, the AI writing tool, of using the reputations of well-known journalists, authors and academics to market an AI editing feature without their permission. The complaint, filed by investigative journalist Julia Angwin, alleges the company’s “Expert Review” tool presented editing suggestions…
Springer Nature says it processed more than 1.5 million research papers through AI-assisted editorial workflows in 2025 and expects that figure to rise by a further 25 per cent in 2026 as it expands the technology across its journals. The publisher says nearly 60 AI tools are now embedded in…
Food portions, the economy, TVs, apartment blocks, wars and people – a week in New York has reminded me that America just keeps getting bigger. You could add the New York Times to that list. This week AG Sulzberger, its publisher, revealed that its newsroom has now grown to 2,300…
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