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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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
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
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
Archive
Sep 3, 2025
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10 min read
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.