Patrick Brennan

What journalists really think about AI us in newsrooms AI’s influence on journalism is no longer theoretical; it’s unfolding inside newsrooms right now. A new Reuters Institute study of 1,004 UK journalists

What journalists really think about AI us in newsrooms
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‘Already had a profound effect’: parents react to Australia’s social media ban We asked you to share your views on your children’s use of social media and how the ban is affecting your family. Here is what you told us

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Week of Dec. 1 Morning News Ratings: GMA Edges Out Today in Viewers Today had been leading for five weeks.

Week of Dec. 1 Morning News Ratings: GMA Edges Out Today in Viewers
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Inside Time Magazine’s AI Overhaul The publisher, in partnership with Code and Theory, is revamping its web presence and reaping the benefits.

Inside Time Magazine’s AI Overhaul
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"When I argued cases in the Supreme Court ..." - Harvard Law School Laurence Tribe ’66 outlines his unique and colorful process for preparing for oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court

“When I argued cases in the Supreme Court …”
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UK: The Independent’s UK editor Chloe Hubbard to replace Mirror editor-in-chief Caroline Waterston pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/med...

What happens when politicians can skip the press and talk directly to the public? What happens when politicians can get their message out without the press.

The Direct-to-Consumer Playbook
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Instagram Is Generating Inaccurate SEO Bait for Your Posts Instagram is generating headlines for Instagram posts that appear on Google Search results. Users say they are misrepresenting them.

Instagram Is Generating Inaccurate SEO Bait for Your Posts
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Facebook’s redesign is making it more like Instagram Meta wants to help users “cut through the clutter.”

Facebook’s redesign is making it more like Instagram
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The CNN Sacrifice Inside Hudson Yards, CNN staffers are once again panicking about the possibility that David Ellison—who seems willing to compromise the network's integrity—may prove successful in his bid to purchase ...

The CNN Sacrifice
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Exclusive: Investors warm to Paramount’s bid for Warner Bros. David Ellison and his team impressed Warner Bros. investors with their pitch — and their price tag.

Exclusive / Investors warm to Paramount’s bid for Warner Bros.
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Battle of the Davids: The future of Hollywood is playing out before our eyes | CNN Business The future of Hollywood depends in part on a battle between two Davids: Zaslav, who has agreed to sell Warner Bros. and HBO to Netflix; and Ellison, who has opposed the sale and launched a hostile tak...

Battle of the Davids: The future of Hollywood is playing out before our eyes www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/m...

404 Media Is Making a Zine We are publishing a risograph-printed zine about the surveillance technologies used by ICE.

404 Media Is Making a Zine
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Les Hinton Interview: ‘Every editor and publisher turned down my novel. It was crushing’
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Cision investigates and MyJobQuote maintains silence over fake experts network US PR giant addresses role in circulating hundreds of misleading stories.

Cision investigates and MyJobQuote maintains silence over fake experts network
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EXCLUSIVE: Google Tells Advertisers It’ll Bring Ads to Gemini in 2026 The discussions mark the first time advertisers have heard directly from Google about monetizing its Gemini AI chatbot

EXCLUSIVE: Google Tells Advertisers It’ll Bring Ads to Gemini in 2026
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Trump says he’ll sign executive order blocking state AI regulations, despite safety fears | CNN Business President Donald Trump confirmed on Monday he plans to sign an executive order preempting artificial intelligence regulations at the state level with his more hands-off federal policy.

Trump says he’ll sign executive order blocking state AI regulations, despite safety fears
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Piers Morgan's Uncensored nears £100m valuation after stake sale The US-based merchant bank Raine and Greek media mogul Theo Kyriakou are among the backers of the former Mirror editor and CNN anchor as he raises funds to grow the Uncensored media brand, Sky News le...

Piers Morgan’s Uncensored nears £100m valuation after stake sale
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Anderson Cooper Signs New Deal To Stay At CNN Cooper joined the network in 2001

Anderson Cooper Signs New Deal To Stay At CNN
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How Kimmel Used His Monday Night Monologue to Frame His Renewal As Bill Carter writes, Jimmy Kimmel wanted to share the big news of his new contract with his audience Monday night, but he also wanted to be sure he had the attention of his most dedicated follower

How Jimmy Kimmel Used His Monday Night Monologue to Frame His Renewal
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Dinners, Job Offers and Larry Ellison Zooming John Malone: Inside Paramount’s Wooing of Warners In the days leading up to Warner Bros.' deal with Netflix, executives at the company saw their push slipping away.

Dinners, Job Offers and Larry Ellison Zooming John Malone: Inside Paramount’s Wooing of Warners
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Battle over future of Warner Bros. Discovery captures Trump’s attention | CNN Politics The mounting battle to purchase one of Hollywood’s biggest prizes — Warner Bros. Discovery — has captured President Donald Trump’s attention as he sees his own interests entwined in the transaction an...

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Warner Bros. megadeal triggers a lobbying bonanza Lobbying armies are being amassed in real time as the media giants vying to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery — Netflix and Paramount Skydance — game out the Washington landscape in pursuit of their pri...

Warner Bros. megadeal triggers a lobbying bonanza
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WAN-IFRA and FIPP to merge, creating unprecedented global alliance for publishers - FIPP WAN-IFRA, the World Association of News Publishers, and FIPP have announced a landmark agreement to merge their operations, effective January […]

WAN-IFRA and FIPP to merge, creating unprecedented global alliance for publishers
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50 biggest UK news websites in October: Daily Star up, Forbes down Press Gazette lists the top 50 news websites in the UK. Monthly updated top 50 listing based on data provided by Ipsos iris

50 biggest UK news websites in October: Daily Star up, Forbes down
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Forbes cuts dozens of contributing writers US business publisher Forbes has made staff cuts and cited the need for a "financially sound" contributor model.

Forbes cuts dozens of contributing writers pressgazette.co.uk/north-americ...

Locally Sourced Chum: The AI widgets taking over news sites and extracting our data. The AI widgets taking over news sites and extracting our data.

Locally Sourced Chum: The AI widgets taking over news sites and extracting our data.
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Harvard Youth Poll: Young Americans are worse than fed up.
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Exclusive: AI critics funded AI coverage at top newsrooms A behind-the-scenes media war over coverage of AI reflects a deep split inside the tech community.

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AI chatbots used inaccurate information to change people's political opinions, study finds A paper published in the journal Science found that chatbots become more persuasive when they share large amounts of information.

AI chatbots used inaccurate information to change people's political opinions, study finds
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