First Sinclair and now the Kochs are back. In an age of media free-for-all and massive deregulation, will fact-based journalism become an endangered species?
That’s the argument of the BBC’s Trushar Barot, who believes voice AI is the biggest technology revolution that the news industry is missing — and that it’s not too late to do something about it.
“It’s this great, simple experience, and the technology is getting so much better for it: AI’s getting better. big data’s more accessible.” Also: a Marty Baron bot.
Readers have finally understood that their payments for the news will actually make a difference in what they and their community know. That model needs to be extended down to states and cities.
“I strongly believe that missionaries make better products. They care more. For a missionary, it’s not just about the business. There has to be a business, and the business has to make sense, but that’s not why you do it. You do it because you have something meaningful that motivates you.”
“We want something easy for Post journalists to go into, find, and embed within their stories, and to get the whole organization thinking: what’s the best way to get a user to understand and engage with a story?”
Quah, Nicholas. "Hot Pod: How big are Audible’s ambitions in changing short-form audio? Really, really big." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 12 Apr. 2016. Web. 6 Mar. 2025.
APA
Quah, N. (2016, Apr. 12). Hot Pod: How big are Audible’s ambitions in changing short-form audio? Really, really big. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 6, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/04/hot-pod-how-big-are-audibles-ambitions-in-changing-short-form-audio-really-really-big/
Chicago
Quah, Nicholas. "Hot Pod: How big are Audible’s ambitions in changing short-form audio? Really, really big." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified April 12, 2016. Accessed March 6, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/04/hot-pod-how-big-are-audibles-ambitions-in-changing-short-form-audio-really-really-big/.
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