Nieman Lab

Countries where people already rely more heavily on search engines, social and video networks, and aggregators for news also tend to have higher levels of AI chatbot use for news. niemanlab.org/2026/06/the-us…

The British government wants to force more trustworthy news into your doomscrolling niemanlab.org/2026/06/the-br…

The use of AI chatbots for news is on the rise — but not everywhere niemanlab.org/2026/06/the-us…

“For us at the Globe, it’s been a reminder that we are a media organization, but we’re also part of the fabric of this region." niemanlab.org/2026/06/the-bo…

A lack of books coverage, including book reviews, “hurts everyone in the books ecosystem: readers, writers, publishers, and, of course, bookstores,” Porter Square Books said in its Book Review announcement. niemanlab.org/2026/06/book-r…

News sites are rapidly becoming the newspapers of the digital age. And you know what happened to newspapers. niemanlab.org/2026/06/news-s…

It's that time of year again: Oxford’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) has put out its 2026 Digital News Report. The Nieman Lab team broke down some key findings — including how people continue to abandon news sites and apps in favor of social media and, increasingly, chatbots to get their news. niemanlab.org/2026/06/news-s…

Worldwide, people in all age groups are ditching news sites and publishers’ apps in favor of social media and video networks. ...and other findings from @risj_oxford's Digital News Report 2026 niemanlab.org/2026/06/news-s…

The U.K. ban would cover a similar range of social platforms as Australia's, where TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Reddit, Facebook, X, Threads, Snapchat, Twitch, and Kick are all banned for users under 16. techcrunch.com/2026/06/14/uk-…

☕️ @the_newsground, which launched in March, is free to read. Readers can pay $5 a month for an ad-free news-only membership or $25 per shipment if they also want coffee. niemanlab.org/2026/06/the-ne…

"Many journalists found it difficult to understand why Spanish was excluded from some press conferences at a World Cup also being held in Mexico, one of the host countries.” as.com/futbol/mundial…

Your search results are getting sloptimized theatlantic.com/technology/202…

With the World Cup looming, there’s still no clear replacement for sports Twitter theverge.com/entertainment/…

We seem to be entering an AI price war wsj.com/tech/ai/openai…

The Wall Street Journal asks a judge to toss Trump’s revised lawsuit over its Epstein coverage deadline.com/2026/06/trump-…

"Grandpa built CNN as an act of defiance because he believed fearless 24/7 independent journalism was oxygen for our democracy." cnn.com/2026/06/10/med…

The latest fad in ad fraud: AI girlfriends digiday.com/media/ai-girlf…

An MIT Media Lab study shows the consequences of relying on AI for accurate news news.mit.edu/2026/consequen…

“We’ve grown our subscriber base, we’ve recouped our lost profitability, and El País now makes money. It doesn’t make enough money, but it is profitable now. It was loss-making five years ago.” pressgazette.co.uk/paywalls/el-pa…

“Ultimately bureaucracy is just people trying to accomplish something, and there’s good stories in there.” niemanlab.org/2026/06/the-bi…