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The Weekly Wrap: March 07, 2025
From the week
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Politico Pro wants subscribers doing “deep research” on its site, not on ChatGPTA good news organization sits atop valuable archives. Why not use them to give readers answers to their questions? By Joshua Benton. |
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News unions are grappling with generative AI. Our new study shows what they’re most concerned aboutWe find six areas where news media unions are focusing their generative AI attention and concern — and two where they’re not. By Mike Ananny Jake Karr. |
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FiveThirtyEight is shutting down as part of broader cuts at ABC and DisneyThough Nate Silver left in 2023, FiveThirtyEight still offered election forecasts, a presidential approval tracker, and other tools. By Laura Hazard Owen. |
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The L.A. Times adds AI-generated counterpoints to its opinion pieces and guess what, there are problemsThe hope: The L.A. Times will appear more “objective” if it presents both sides of an issue, even if one side’s written by a human and the other side is generated by AI. The reality: Kind of a mess. By Laura Hazard Owen. |
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Noosphere aims to create a subscription bundle for your favorite journalists’ content“We decided to build something where the journalist gets credit for bringing someone into the platform, but then that consumer gets everybody.” By Hanaa' Tameez. |
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A new nonprofit wants to be a soft (and sustainable) landing spot for local news outlets in transitionThe nonprofit Newswell, based out of Arizona State University, already owns three local news sites in California: Stocktonia, Times of San Diego, and the Santa Barbara News-Press. By Sophie Culpepper. |