“Is it ready for primetime, ready to be released to the masses? Absolutely not...But can it be done? Can you design an AI system that attends a city meeting and generates a story? Yeah, I did it.”| Nieman Lab
Google has been using publisher content for AI Overviews — even if publishers have “opted out” of being used to train Google’s Gemini model, according to testimony from a Google product VP. Bloomberg’s Davey Alba first reported on the testimony, which was part of ongoing antitrust hear…| Nieman Lab
The open-source publishing platform Ghost, which powers the websites and newsletters of many independent news outlets and positions itself as an alternative to Substack and Beehiiv, announced Monday that it’s introducing a number of upgrades aimed at increasing reach and understanding exactly wha…| Nieman Lab
The Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan’s largest newspaper by circulation, has sued the generative AI startup Perplexity for copyright infringement. The lawsuit, filed in Tokyo District Court on August 7, marks the first copyright challenge by a major Japanese news publisher against an AI company. The fil…| Nieman Lab
Plus: The pivot to video is really happening, digital subscriptions may have peaked, and other findings from RISJ's 2025 Digital News Report.| Nieman Lab
Commenters get to engage in meaningful discussions, and Der Spiegel’s moderators have a more manageable workload.| Nieman Lab
Horizontal connections and membership community have kept subscriber churn for the English-language publication under 2%.| Nieman Lab
"If there's a regret, it's that I was not as effective as I would have liked to be in influencing and driving change across the board."| Nieman Lab
A massive study of Upworthy headlines — remember Upworthy? — shows how a few emotionally charged words can mean the difference between viral and ignored.| Nieman Lab
Hidden in a developer blog earlier this month, Google announced that it will stop using the fact-checking snippets in search. For a decade, the fact-checking snippet, under the name of ClaimReview, has been a way to protect users worldwide by showcasing fact-checked information when a Google use…| Nieman Lab
From loading up the Wayback Machine to meticulous AirTables to 72 hours of scraping, journalists are doing whatever they can to keep their clips when websites go dark.| Nieman Lab
Is increasing subscriber numbers by offering people rock-bottom trial prices sustainable?| Nieman Lab
Frustration over a lack of transparency has been amplified by the newsroom's status as "the gold standard of nonprofit journalism" and a role model other outlets have been encouraged to follow.| Nieman Lab
We talked to the Financial Times, La Nación, The New York Times, Vox, Chilango, the Times of India, and others about their early experiments sharing news on the world's favorite messaging app.| Nieman Lab
"The only way a Substack grows is through tweets. I am like 85% serious when I say this."| Nieman Lab
"The most powerful and interesting media model will remain raising money from members who don't just permit but insist that the product be given away for free."| Nieman Lab