The report from Rebuild Local News and Muck Rack finds that more than 1,000 counties — one out of three in the nation — do ...

Substack cofounder Hamish McKenzie is “launching a column of ‘unbridled thoughts and insights on the media industry.’ Which is almost a great idea, only it’s for Lachlan Cartwright’s Breaker — a ...

We keep an eye out for the most interesting stories about Labby subjects: digital media, startups, the web, journalism, strategy, and more. Here’s some of what we’ve seen lately.

“The days dedicated to celebrating journalism are an opportunity to highlight the press’s importance in strengthening democracy — especially in countries facing authoritarianism. In Venezuela, for ...

“It’s common to find an AI voice overlaid on photos, video clips, or other repurposed content, thanks to text-to-video AI tools. Some channels filled with AI music have millions of subscribers. Fake, ...

The words misinformation and disinformation once served a purpose. They gave name to a crisis that many had not yet recognized: an onslaught of falsehoods flooding the digital ecosystem, often with ...

“The platform says the update better aligns with the way trending content is discovered today, noting that when the Trending page launched in 2015, it was a lot simpler to capture viral videos that ...

The social platform Bluesky announced new notification settings on Monday — including the ability to opt-in to push ...

Optimizing designs for user engagement undermines mental health and society. Social media sites favor hype and scandal over ...

We keep an eye out for the most interesting stories about Labby subjects: digital media, startups, the web, journalism, strategy, and more. Here’s some of what we’ve seen lately.

CNN Headlines had “existed as a curated, breaking news video service for years. But the product was rudimentary, mostly running clips that [had] already aired on its cable network through an automated ...

Disney is cutting 200 positions across ABC News and Disney Entertainment, including shutting down FiveThirtyEight, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday night. From the Journal: The ABC news ...