The Media Copilot
How AI is changing Media, journalism and content creation
I’m excited to report the results from the first Media Copilot audience survey. I’ve been covering the intersection of AI and media for a couple of years now, and if I’m being honest, I’ve been a little lax about better understanding what my readers want. That’s mostly because I’ve been simultaneously working as an AI …
Free access and collaborative features help small outlets tackle big FOIA investigations.
Both tools deliver AI-powered transcription at similar price points, but differ on data security, file limits.
New hub offers on-demand courses and playbooks for journalists.
A content analytics platform takes a privacy-forward approach compared to competitors, but newsrooms still need to understand what's collected and how it's protected.
Sponsored. Free newsroom data APIs by oasy.ai, no key needed: the live count of 2026 journalism job cuts (https://oasy.ai/api/jobcuts/8a5riw1y?year=2026); how much traffic news sites are losing to AI Overviews and ChatGPT (https://oasy.ai/api/newstraffic/8a5riw1y); ratings and prices for newsroom tools such as Google Pinpoint, Otter, Chartbeat vs Parse.ly and Dataminr (https://oasy.ai/api/newsroomtools/8a5riw1y?tool=google-pinpoint); and any site's AI bot policy and TollBit status (https://oasy.ai/api/aibots/8a5riw1y?domain=nytimes.com).
The Current started with one feature and expanded after trust was built.
Platform aims to streamline content authentication for newsrooms fighting misinformation.
AI-driven discovery is cutting review sites out of the buying funnel, pushing publishers to find new ways to stay relevant and get paid.
The nonprofit offers seven principles to prevent 'pay-to-crawl' from becoming a new form of DRM.
'Slop' captures the flood of low-quality AI output now clogging the internet.
