# News Machines > News Machines analyzes how news media in the U.S. and worldwide are innovating with AI. One new case study every week. This file provides information about News Machines to help large language models understand and reference this publication's content. ## Posts - [How the data journalist Marco Maas used AI to build a second brain](https://newsmachines.beehiiv.com/p/how-the-data-journalist-marco-maas-used-ai-to-build-a-second-brain): Marco's agent Marvin now runs large parts of his working life and learns from every mistake. What makes it trustworthy is not the language model but the rules and checks built around it. - [How I built an agentic system that evaluates 200 newsletters a day ](https://newsmachines.beehiiv.com/p/how-i-built-an-agentic-system-that-evaluates-200-newsletters-a-day): My setup is immensely useful. But the early automation still failed because of the human factor. Here’s how I fixed that and how you can build your own system step by step. - [How the same quiz format performed 45 times better in a different spot ](https://newsmachines.beehiiv.com/p/how-the-same-quiz-format-converted-45-times-better-in-a-different-spot): News publishers and their audiences love quizzes. But configuration and placement matter more than you might think. Two case studies from the Swiss broadcaster SRF and the German website sport.de prove the point. - [What 3,326 documented AI cases reveal about how little AI has changed the news business](https://newsmachines.beehiiv.com/p/what-3-326-documented-ai-cases-reveal-about-how-little-ai-has-changed-the-news-business): Katya Gorchinskaya's free database J·Index maps newsroom AI adoption across 130 countries. Spoiler: Almost everyone is stuck on the lower rungs of the ladder - [How to price your journalism for AI when you're flying blind](https://newsmachines.beehiiv.com/p/how-to-price-your-journalism-for-ai-when-you-re-flying-blind): News publishers can finally state terms that AI crawlers understand. But you can’t confirm yet who they are. - [How Writers' Bloc wants to get small publishers paid when AI steals their work](https://newsmachines.beehiiv.com/p/how-writers-bloc-wants-to-get-small-publishers-paid-when-ai-steals-their-work): A fingerprint for every article, a watchdog for the web and AI models, and an alliance for collective bargaining. I interviewed the founder — and I'm signing up. - [Which media companies are making money with AI in real life, and how are they doing it? ](https://newsmachines.beehiiv.com/p/which-media-companies-are-making-money-with-ai-in-real-life-and-how-are-they-doing-it): I found out by querying Sergei Yakupov's AI for Newsroom database for free — and so can you. Here are my analysis and some tipps for your own queries. - [How to tell whether your AI visibility is worth anything](https://newsmachines.beehiiv.com/p/how-to-tell-whether-your-ai-visibility-is-worth-anything): AI sends traffic that converts better than almost any other channel. But news publishers who get cited most are not the ones receiving it. - [How SPUR wants to make AI companies report what they do with your journalism](https://newsmachines.beehiiv.com/p/how-spur-wants-to-make-ai-companies-report-what-they-do-with-your-journalism): Every AI licensing deal signed so far has been priced blind. A new telemetry standard is meant to end that — if AI companies agree to be measured. - [Why AI agents might finally be the perfect micro-payers](https://newsmachines.beehiiv.com/p/why-ai-agents-might-finally-be-the-perfect-micro-payers): AI companies are abandoning the flat rate. Here’s what news publishers can do to turn that shift to their advantage. - [How TIME, The Economist and Dow Jones each decided what to expose to AI agents](https://newsmachines.beehiiv.com/p/how-time-the-economist-and-dow-jones-each-decided-what-to-expose-to-ai-agents): Three of the smartest names in media looked at the AI-agent future and moved in different directions, protecting their unique assets. - [How a cycling website turned its newsroom tools into the product](https://newsmachines.beehiiv.com/p/how-a-cycling-website-turned-its-newsroom-tools-into-the-product): Velora Cycling looks like an AI-native publication. Seven months in, it's really a software company with a cycling site as the demo. - [How a War-Zone Newsroom in Ukraine Uses AI To Listen](https://newsmachines.beehiiv.com/p/how-a-war-zone-newsroom-in-ukraine-uses-ai-to-listen): The Kyiv Independent employs machines to learn the needs of its paying members and sends humans where machines can’t go. - [Why a non-techie wrote one of the most useful AI guides for newsrooms](https://newsmachines.beehiiv.com/p/why-a-non-techie-wrote-one-of-the-most-useful-ai-guides-for-newsrooms): A review of Martin Schori’s “AI in the Newsroom” — three years building and running Aftonbladet’s AI hub turned into a practical guide for curious journalists and newsroom leaders - [Why It’s Easy to Launch Speedboats and Hard to Bring Them Home](https://newsmachines.beehiiv.com/p/why-it-s-easy-to-launch-speedboats-and-hard-to-bring-them-home): The Norwegian tabloidVG has systematized where to point AI down to one decimal place. But how innovation crosses back into the core newsroom still depends on a single person. - [How a small AI lab in Norway built a vibe-coding ladder for non-coding journalists](https://newsmachines.beehiiv.com/p/how-a-small-ai-lab-in-norway-built-a-vibe-coding-ladder-for-non-coding-journalists): Polaris Media Vest gave reporters who can’t code a way to build interactive tools for readers — and a clear line between the throwaway widget and the service worth maintaining. - [Why the question of whether to license AI is harder than it looks ](https://newsmachines.beehiiv.com/p/why-the-question-of-whether-to-license-ai-is-harder-than-it-looks): Three key questions sit underneath it. None of them have settled answers yet.