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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Why Particle News Is Betting on Comprehensive Stories, Not Individual Articles

Nov 11, 2025

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11 min read

Why Particle News Is Betting on Comprehensive Stories, Not Individual Articles

Ex-Twitter executives built a news app that wants you to stay informed without endlessly scrolling

Ulrike Langer

Bundling

How Mediahuis reaches new audiences with bundles of repackaged stories

Nov 4, 2025

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9 min read

How Mediahuis reaches new audiences with bundles of repackaged stories

European publisher sets quality bar: journalism must lead to “time well spent” or it's not worth making

Ulrike Langer

How Hearken’s Jennifer Brandel Thinks About Building Real Engagement

Oct 28, 2025

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12 min read

How Hearken’s Jennifer Brandel Thinks About Building Real Engagement

Actual experience versus artificial intelligence: Exploring collective journalism models as a Knight Fellow

Ulrike Langer

The Onion's AI Strategy: Why Satire Can't Be Automated

How Ben Collins is building The Onion's future by rejecting AI-generated comedy

Ulrike Langer

How YESEO analyzed 60,000 AI-generated headlines and decided to pivot to paid source tracking

Oct 14, 2025

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10 min read

How YESEO analyzed 60,000 AI-generated headlines and decided to pivot to paid source tracking

The Slack-based tool YESEO is looking for 10 partner newsrooms in the US and beyond to test new paid features for free - application deadline October 24

Ulrike Langer

Oct 7, 2025

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8 min read

How a San Diego Nonprofit Newsroom Uses AI to Build Brand Affinity

inewsource reaches 350,000 readers monthly with a 20-person team. Their AI strategy? Make journalism more accessible while keeping humans firmly in control.

Ulrike Langer

How Deutsche Welle is reducing the workload of content adaptation with plain X

Sep 30, 2025

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9 min read

How Deutsche Welle is reducing the workload of content adaptation with plain X

An AI-assisted platform makes transcription, translation, and subtitling of videos more efficient

Ulrike Langer

How the Toronto Star Built an Engaged News Community

Sep 23, 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 16, 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 9, 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)

Sep 2, 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

Ulrike Langer

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

Aug 19, 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 12, 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 29, 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

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New posts

Why Particle News Is Betting on Comprehensive Stories, Not Individual Articles

How Mediahuis reaches new audiences with bundles of repackaged stories

How Hearken’s Jennifer Brandel Thinks About Building Real Engagement

Archive

The Onion's AI Strategy: Why Satire Can't Be Automated

How YESEO analyzed 60,000 AI-generated headlines and decided to pivot to paid source tracking

How a San Diego Nonprofit Newsroom Uses AI to Build Brand Affinity

How Deutsche Welle is reducing the workload of content adaptation with plain X

How the Toronto Star Built an Engaged News Community

How iTromsø Built Norway's Most AI-Ready Newsroom

Why The Pudding Treats AI Like IKEA Furniture for Journalism

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

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

How News Publishers Use Quizzes to Hook Subscribers

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

How Radar AI Transforms One Dataset into 300 Local Stories

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