News Machines

News Machines analyzes how news media in the U.S. and worldwide are innovating with AI. One new case study every week.

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What Publishers Need to Know About the AI Citation Economy

Feb 11, 2026

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11 min read

What Publishers Need to Know About the AI Citation Economy

Stacker's pivot to GEO reveals how content visibility changes when news consumption moves to AI interfaces. How to build topical authority, visibility and direct revenue when AI answers replace clicks

Ulrike Langer

Why Aftonbladet's Readers Reject AI Articles - But Embrace AI Chatbots

Feb 3, 2026

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8 min read

Why Aftonbladet's Readers Reject AI Articles - But Embrace AI Chatbots

Schibsted's flagship newspaper spent over two years experimenting. Now comes the reckoning.

Ulrike Langer

How newsrooms move from AI pilots to infrastructure

Jan 27, 2026

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10 min read

How newsrooms move from AI pilots to infrastructure

Build in-house or seek partners - after 3+ years with GenAI, the time is up for just experimenting with AI tools

Ulrike Langer

Why London matters for your AI strategy

The UK bet on Washington over Brussels. Now U.S. AI companies are arriving in force. A guide for media executives watching from the continent - and from across the Atlantic.

Ulrike Langer

Why OpenAI cares about your city council coverage

Jan 13, 2026

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7 min read

Why OpenAI cares about your city council coverage

AI companies need reliable local information to train their models. Your archive has it.

Ulrike Langer

How Crosstown Finds Stories Hidden in Municipal Data

Jan 6, 2026

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14 min read

How Crosstown Finds Stories Hidden in Municipal Data

A machine learning platform has been generating 114 Los Angeles neighborhood newsletters from one template for years. Now it's a white-label service for newsrooms, and GenAI is expanding what it can find.

Ulrike Langer