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April 1, 2026
The nonprofit Salt Lake Tribune is ready to tear down its paywall
After two years of planning, there’s finally a date. Well, okay, a month: May. That’s when the Salt Lake Tribune, Utah’s largest newspaper, will drop its paywall. “Starting in May, all newly publis...
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March 30, 2026
Nonprofit news outlets had a strong traffic month in January
“The news gods provided us with a lot of reporting opportunities — good and bad — that resonated with people.” That’s the reason Colorado Sun editor Dana Coffield gives for her nonprofit news site’...
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March 23, 2026
Grammarly’s CEO defends putting AI editorial suggestions into the voices of real writers (while noting it didn’t work very well)
Sometimes you just get lucky with the editorial calendar. About a month ago, Superhuman CEO Shishir Mehrotra agreed to be a guest on Decoder, the podcast from The Verge hosted by editor-in-chief Ni...
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February 26, 2026
The New York Times is adding another daily crossword, because why not
Veni, vidi, vici? Try Mini, Midi, Maxi. Okay, The New York Times does not call its big daily crossword the Maxi — but otherwise it fits. Just as Julius Caesar came, saw, and conquered, the Times co...
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February 19, 2026
Is it hypocritical for news publishers to complain about tech companies’ platforms — but still be on them?
There is nothing publishers like more than to complain about platforms. Specifically, the tech giants whose apps are on your phone — right where they’d rather you had The Daily Gazette’s app instal...
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February 12, 2026
Apple is the new target for nonsense harassment by Trump’s regulators (but your news org could be next)
On Wednesday afternoon, Donald Trump’s head of the Federal Trade Commission, Andrew Ferguson, sent a ludicrous letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, threatening to bring the hammer of the federal governmen...
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February 9, 2026
ICE activity is pushing readers to nonprofit news sites that cover immigrant communities
In our recent rankings of web traffic at the top local newspapers and public media outlets, there’s been a consistent trend: Wherever ICE unleashes its controversial deportation tactics, the audien...
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February 5, 2026
As the nation’s eyes turn to Minneapolis, they’re also turning to Minnesota Public Radio
Minnesota has been the center of the news universe the past few weeks, with ICE’s controversial deportation raids and the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti. But the attention of online audienc...
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February 3, 2026
The Providence Journal saw its web traffic soar 279% at the end of 2025
It’s an unfortunate truism that bad news in the real world is often good news for news publishers. Tragedy attracts eyeballs, and that’s even more true when the tragedy doesn’t have a clear ending....
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January 27, 2026
Yahoo Answers 2.0? The forgotten tech giant promises to help you understand the memes in your feed
Consider this your every-few-years reminder that Yahoo exists. And is still kinda big, somehow! Depending on the source, it’s the No. 6 or No. 8 website in the U.S. and in the top 20 globally; two ...
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January 15, 2026
After 25 years, Wikipedia has proved that news doesn’t need to look like news
One of my favorite weekly newsletters is called the Weeklypedia; here’s last Friday’s edition. Each email contains two lists: The 20 Wikipedia articles that have been edited the most times in the p...
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