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72k subscribers helping cover 70% costs of Denník N’s 130-journalist newsroom

2024-08-14. Founded by a group of journalists 10 years ago, Denník N has grown into a major player with operations extending into the Czech Republic and Hungary, thanks to its unique subscription model. Tomas Bella, Chief Digital Officer and co-founder of Denník N, describes the news company’s decade-long journey from a start-up to one of the top news organisations in Slovakia.

‘Your job five years from now probably does not yet exist’ – WaPo’s AI Editor Phoebe Connelly

2024-08-09. The Washington Post’s Senior Editor for AI Strategy and Innovation shares key learnings, inspirations – and why she’s excited about the future of journalism.

How India’s Amar Ujala is using AI to boost engagement and fuel subscriptions

2024-08-01. “We started with paid digital subscriptions during Covid, and we started very slowly. We don’t have a hard paywall,” says Vikas Shekhawat, AGM of Products, Amar Ujala Digital. Today, they are using AI to help them build engagement across their user base with the aim of increasing their paid subscribers.

JournalismAI encourages newsrooms to work together in leveraging AI

2024-07-29. JournalismAI findings point to the persistent gap between small and legacy newsrooms in integrating and implementing AI, underscoring the need for news organisations and academia to collaborate. Lakshmi Sivadas, Senior Programme Manager, shares insights and use cases.

How India’s HT Media uses AI to boost traffic and editorial efficiency

2024-07-23. In February 2023, Hindustan Times (HT Media Ltd.), one of the biggest news organisations in India, launched its AI efforts with a 15-person team. The focus areas included an AI-led newsroom, a GenAI-based newsbot, personalisation, audience monetisation, revenue management, and subscription acquisition and churn models.

Survival of the fittest: how Rappler Communities is leading journalism’s charge against AI and Big Tech

2024-07-12. ‘There is no future for digital news unless we build our own tech’ – Maria Ressa, Rappler’s visionary CEO and co-founder, revives our EDITOR TO EDITOR series with a call for collective action.

How JP/Politikens leveraged early AI expertise to build centralised news products

2024-07-12. JP/Politikens, one of the largest media groups in Denmark, began experimenting with AI in late 2019, well ahead of the current boom. The brand established a project around its AI efforts at the time at Ekstra Bladet, one of its three national legacy news brands.

Collaboration, networking, key to surviving journalism’s existential threat

2024-07-12. While there is complete agreement on who, what, why and how newsrooms are being challenged, the only consensus on the path forward is a resounding call for a united front.

AI Summit 2024: Indian publishers cautious but making headway

2024-07-12. WAN-IFRA kicked off its new leg of Artificial Intelligence Forums with the India edition on 8-9 July. The two-day event was held in Bengaluru and hosted about 100 news media executives. 

Aftonbladet serves up innovation with AI Buffet

2024-07-11. Aftonbladet, one of the largest news organisations in the Nordics and a flagship brand of Schibsted, reaches around 4 million of Sweden’s 10 million population daily. The newsroom has been experimenting with AI for several years now, particularly in the segmentation and personalisation of its front page.