News Machines

News Machines is a free newsletter that analyzes how Anglo-American news media are innovating with AI. One new case study every week.

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How the Toronto Star Built an Engaged News Community

Sep 24, 2025

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7 min read

How the Toronto Star Built an Engaged News Community

AI-powered community engagement drove subscriptions and editorial innovation at Canada's largest daily newspaper

Ulrike Langer

How iTromsø Built Norway's Most AI-Ready Newsroom

Sep 17, 2025

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11 min read

How iTromsø Built Norway's Most AI-Ready Newsroom

A small Norwegian news outlet above the Arctic Circle has become the North Star for journalism's AI future

Ulrike Langer

Why The Pudding Treats AI Like IKEA Furniture for Journalism

Sep 10, 2025

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11 min read

Why The Pudding Treats AI Like IKEA Furniture for Journalism

An award-winning data-journalism website put Claude to a test and concluded: AI Is no creative genius for story ideas and no match for crafted reporting

Ulrike Langer

How Full Fact Scales Human Fact-Checking with AI (1)

The UK’s non-profit has spent a decade building AI tools that process sentences at scale - and it’s paying off

Ulrike Langer

Why Local News Needs to Own "What's Happening in Our Community”

Aug 20, 2025

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3 min read

Why Local News Needs to Own "What's Happening in Our Community”

Smart publishers are discovering that comprehensive event coverage drives audience engagement, builds community trust, and creates sustainable revenue streams

How News Publishers Use Quizzes to Hook Subscribers

Aug 13, 2025

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3 min read

How News Publishers Use Quizzes to Hook Subscribers

From Hearst's automated Emcee system to TIME's ChatGPT experiments, AI-powered quizzes are becoming a key tool for offering unique value and converting casual readers into paying subscribers

How Hearst's DevHub is Building AI Tools That Work for Local News

Aug 6, 2025

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3 min read

How Hearst's DevHub is Building AI Tools That Work for Local News

HNP’s DevHub has been building AI tools that solve real problems for local newsrooms while driving value for subscribers and subscription revenue

How Radar AI Transforms One Dataset into 300 Local Stories

Jul 30, 2025

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3 min read

How Radar AI Transforms One Dataset into 300 Local Stories

Radar AI, a UK-wide data-driven news agency, makes local news sustainable at scale

How Wikipedia Uses AI: Augmenting Editors, Doubling Down on Humans

Jul 23, 2025

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3 min read

How Wikipedia Uses AI: Augmenting Editors, Doubling Down on Humans

The world's largest collaborative encyclopedia is adapting to an era where AI can fabricate convincing but entirely fictional sources

How the Associated Press Built its AI Strategy Without Breaking Trust

Jul 16, 2025

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3 min read

How the Associated Press Built its AI Strategy Without Breaking Trust

The AP offers a blueprint for sustainable AI adoption that prioritizes augmentation over replacement and collaboration over competition.

Jul 9, 2025

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3 min read

How HBM Advisory Publishes an Automated Media Industry Website and Newsletter

The London-based media consultancy has demonstrated a practical blueprint for high-value AI-driven content automation

Jun 25, 2025

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3 min read

How Morning Brew Uses Data to Grow From a Dorm Room Newsletter to a $70M B2B Media Empire

Morning Brew's B2B Revenue Set to Overtake Flagship Newsletter for the First Time

How ARLnow's AI Strategy Evolved From Automation to Augmentation

Jun 18, 2025

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3 min read

How ARLnow's AI Strategy Evolved From Automation to Augmentation

Sometimes there is lot to be learned from a small and contained local experiment about what works and what doesn't (yet?) with Gen AI in the newsroom

How Time's Person of the Year Chatbot Reveals a Path for AI Monetization in Media

Jun 11, 2025

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3 min read

How Time's Person of the Year Chatbot Reveals a Path for AI Monetization in Media

Time's AI Bet: Turning Content Archives Into B2B Revenue Engines and Using Strategic AI Partnerships to Scale Global Reach and Revenue

Jun 4, 2025

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3 min read

How 6AM City Uses AI Workflows to Greatly Speed Up Newsletter Launches and Profitability

Strict process automation is the not-so-secret secret behind one of the fastest-growing local daily news companies in the U.S.