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"'What kinds of editorial businesses can only be built around a human being?' feels like it is going to become a more and more important question." niemanlab.org/2026/04/more-s…

More scoops, less aggregation and analysis: How Casey Newton is revamping his newsletter to compete with AI niemanlab.org/2026/04/more-s…

“Thanks to this movement, we have understood that we can track by the air what we cannot prove on foot.” #identifier_0_249672" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">niemanlab.org/2026/04/geospa…

Andrew Deck @decka227 of Nieman Lab @niemanlab broke the story in February on publishers blocking the Wayback Machine. In a new interview on Marketplace, he challenges the narrative that web archives are responsible for AI scraping. Listen: marketplace.org/episode/2026/0…

"When news publishers turn their back on libraries, they hurt themselves in certain ways. They lose evidence, they lose documentation, they lose tools that they use to do their jobs." @decka227 on the big picture of news orgs blocking @internetarchive: marketplace.org/episode/2026/0…

"I wake up every day and I’m like, this is the world. I’m still in the fever dream.” Prediction markets are becoming their own beat, with dedicated reporters at Wired and NBC News now covering big players like Kalshi and Polymarket. niemanlab.org/2026/04/predic…

Earlier this year, Lab broke the story that The New York Times, The Guardian, and USA Today Co. had begun limiting the Wayback Machine’s access to their news articles. Now, journalists are pushing for news publishers to lift the restrictions. niemanlab.org/2026/04/journa…

The Baltimore Banner’s parent nonprofit acquires the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette niemanlab.org/2026/04/the-ba…

Social traffic kinda stinks for news publishers now, in 3 charts niemanlab.org/2026/04/social…

"Block, a Toledo, Ohio-based media company that traces its roots back to 1900, is now a family business divided. The twins no longer talk to each other, and what happens next is uncertain.” wsj.com/business/media…

Like many journalists working in legacy newsrooms, news creators find their work meaningful and fulfilling, but they also worry about making ends meet. niemanlab.org/2026/04/indepe…

BREAKING: These are the kinds of news tweets that perform best ⬇️

Los periodistas independientes trabajan con misión, pero enfrentan inestabilidad financiera: pocos pueden sostener su estilo de vida con ingresos de su contenido. Necesitan un plan real de sostenibilidad. #PeriodismoIndie #FinanzasCreativas ift.tt/XQJbKvZ @NiemanLab

The launch of TMZDC comes after @TMZ spent the last two weeks holding politicians’ feet to the fire during the longest partial government shutdown in U.S. history. niemanlab.org/2026/04/tmz-st…

While the dispute over AI may be the most novel part of this strike, more fundamental job protections are top of mind for some employees. niemanlab.org/2026/04/propub…

“The narrative over the last 15 [to] 20 years has been decline, desertification, distress — it’s been this really negative narrative, and that’s turned off a lot of people." niemanlab.org/2026/04/more-t…

...what can we do but link to the story and hope we beat the odds: #identifier_0_249272" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">niemanlab.org/2026/04/do-lin…

BREAKING (sort of): A Nieman Lab analysis found that links really do hurt news publishers on Twitter. Also, across the board, tweets that begin with "breaking" or "breaking news" have higher engagement.

“It’s important for the archives not to feel far off and locked away.” niemanlab.org/2026/04/how-ne…