Welcome to Twipe’s Weekly News Digest! This week, we take a look at stories from across the world of publishing including Reach’s completed ‘first phase’ into the US, how much can Generative AI be trusted, and more. Read our top 5 stories of the week below.
1. Shaping the News Experience: Technologies and User-Centered Design at La Presse
Continuing the Future of News blog series, we interviewed Jean-Marc De Jonghe, the Vice-President of Strategy and Digital Products from La Presse. We dived into questions about the organisation at La Presse and their approaches in the news industry, and most importantly what De Jonghe thinks of the future of news.
To read the full article, click here.
2. Financial Times launches China Focus
With its rapidly increasing presence and importance in the world, China is on the minds of the foremost media outlets. As a result, the Financial Times is venturing to combine its world class journalism with interative graphics to help explain the Chinese sphere. Termed China Focus, this dedicated sections of FT.com will give due attention to the second largest economy.
To read the full press release, click here.
3. McKinsey Technology Trends Outlook 2023
In its yearly report, McKinsey seeks to distill the most important technology trends for companies in 2023. McKinsey uses a variety of attention-grabbing graphics and figures, as well as in-depth detail, to capture the essential information of the technology and media industries.
To read the full report, click here.
4. Reach completes ‘first phase’ of US expansion with themirror.com launch
With their ambitious push into the US market, Reach has safely landed in the states with The Mirror. However, this only marks the beginning, as there are concrete plans to expand further into the market. This comes in addition to the US launches of The Express and the Irish Star.
To read the full article, click here.
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5. Agencies are concerned about how much to trust generative AI
As organizations trust and cede more control to generative AI, there is a fear that this may open themselves up to copyright infringement. With much of AI being a black box, it is difficult to know how much of what is outputted can be construed as not taking from protected material.
To read the full insight from Digiday, click here.
