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August 10, 2026
“An inherent conflict of interest”: 800 USA Today Co. employees want the company to end its new Palantir partnership
More than 800 USA Today Co. employees are calling on the company to dissolve its recently announced partnership with Palantir, according to a joint statement from 31 unionized newsrooms published M...
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August 6, 2026
America’s largest newspaper chain, USA Today Co., partners with Palantir to analyze audience data as search traffic falls
USA Today Co. has made a deal with software company Palantir to analyze and monetize user behavior, the company announced on Thursday. In its Q2 earnings call Thursday morning, USA Today Co. chairm...
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August 5, 2026
Even The New York Times “isn’t immune” to declining search traffic — one reason it’s leaning into video
Despite a newsy summer — including the Iran War, the FIFA World Cup, and four Pulitzer Prize wins — The New York Times’ subscription sales were slower than expected during the second quarter of 202...
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July 28, 2026
Despite concerns about AI Overviews, some nonprofit news outlets see a surge in search traffic
Election season is a busy time for any newsroom. In the second quarter of 2026, some nonprofit newsrooms saw their coverage of the primaries — especially voter guides — pay off in both interest and...
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July 22, 2026
“This price was set by an algorithm”: News subscribers are surprised by a new line in their renewal emails
Last December, one of our readers received a renewal email from The Wall Street Journal. Over the coming year, the email said, she would be charged $76.99 every four weeks for her print and digital...
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July 21, 2026
The World Cup of misinformation
One week into the FIFA World Cup, the Argentinian streaming channel Luzu TV was live on the air when host Florencia Peña falsely declared that Lionel Messi’s father, Jorge Messi, had died. Minutes ...
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July 13, 2026
Local news went all in on the World Cup. Here’s what worked.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup, hosted in North America this summer, has been fascinating to watch from different angles — from the matches themselves to community celebrations to the controversies. The t...
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June 30, 2026
What short news videos reveal about the Messi–Ronaldo debate — and news distribution today
The World Cup is the gift that keeps on giving (to me). I was swiping through Instagram Stories during halftime of the Canada vs. Qatar World Cup match when I saw a post about a study about the pol...
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June 24, 2026
Overwhelmed by news on social? SaySo is betting a smaller, vetted creator feed is the answer
Social media is overwhelming. The amount of information, misinformation, and slop makes it hard for the average news consumer to wade through the deluge of posts and know who to trust. According to...
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June 15, 2026
The Newsground turns to coffee to fund investigative journalism
It’s a beloved newspaper cliché: The reader sitting at the kitchen table sipping a hot cup of coffee while leisurely scanning the newspaper. The news consumption experience, for most people, hasn’t...
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June 3, 2026
The Minnesota Star Tribune will cut 15% of its staff — and may become a nonprofit
Just a month after winning a Pulitzer Prize for breaking news reporting, The Minnesota Star Tribune will offer buyouts and lay off up to 15% of its staff, the company said Tuesday. The Star Tribune...
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June 2, 2026
“Fueled by facts and receipts,” Sylvia Salazar explains U.S. politics for Latino audiences
The last weekend of May, Sylvia Salazar was waiting for her flight to take off when she pulled out her phone and explained why protestors were on a hunger strike outside Delaney Hall, an ICE facili...
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