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Andrew DeckJanuary 7, 2025

Thousands of documentaries are fueling AI models built by Apple, Meta, and Nvidia

Subtitles for documentaries by Alex Gibney, Ava DuVernay and Ken Burns, and episodes of PBS’ Frontline and BBC’s Panorama, were used to train LLMs.

Laura Hazard OwenSeptember 24, 2024

Google Discover is sending U.S. news publishers much more traffic. (Social? Still falling.)

Traffic from Google Discover now exceeds traffic from Google Search for some publishers, but what works there is a bit of a guessing game.

Imran Rahman-JonesJanuary 17, 2024

Young people are giving up on BBC News. A new podcast is helping try to get them back

“It’s quite lazy to say that young people don’t care about news.”

Hanaa' TameezDecember 4, 2023

Here’s how 13 news outlets are using LinkedIn newsletters

“While you’re less at the whim of the algorithm, it’s still social media.”

Sophie CulpepperAugust 30, 2023

With five old phones and some Pew data, the BBC’s Marianna Spring monitors social media from the inside

“The reason I have to have undercover voters is because social media sites won’t — and to some extent, can’t — tell you exactly what they’re recommending every single voter.”

The BBC launches its own Mastodon server

Marek BekermanMarch 16, 2023

The Gary Lineker tweet scandal shows how the BBC has struggled to adapt to the social media age

Can “impartiality” be required from all actors, musicians, scientists, or sport pundits appearing on the BBC without thwarting the principle of free speech?

Jean SeatonOctober 17, 2022

The BBC at 100: A century of informing, educating, entertaining — and trying to keep politicians honest

“A reaction to the nihilistic slaughter of the First World War…Theirs was a vision for a new public space, using the technological boundlessness of broadcasting — that was in itself ignorant of hierarchies and conventional barriers — for good purposes.”

Simon PotterOctober 17, 2022

The BBC at 100: The future for global news and challenges facing the World Service

“By focusing on providing news online, the World Service is putting its resources where it can best promote British soft power and international influence, thereby improving prospects for its own continued existence. However, abandoning radio entirely would be a mistake.”

Laura Hazard OwenJune 16, 2022

“Facebook has taken over”: How residents find local info when local newspapers aren’t doing the job

“A lot of it’s trash, to be honest, but a lot of it’s very useful.”

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