Faster speeds will enable new levels of video, AR, VR, and other _Rs that haven't even been invented yet. But news products are unlikely to benefit as much as all the other apps competing for audiences' attention.

Last year, the media industry watched a dispute heat up between the staff of Deadspin and higher-ups at G/O Media, the parent company of the sports website, when deputy editor Barry Petchesky was …

Walter Cronkite once said that “journalism is what we need to make democracy work.” He was absolutely right, which is why today’s assault on journalism by Wall Street, billionaire businessmen, Silicon Valley, and Donald Trump presents a crisis—and why we must take concrete action. Real journalism is different from the gossip, punditry, and clickbait that […]

It can’t stand in for due process.

Bustle Digital Group, the company behind websites like Bustle, Mic and Gawker, has acquired Joshua Topolsky’s The Outline, the company confirmed Wednesday afternoon. As part of the deal, Topo…

It’s easy to publish a file. It’s hard to do it well.

Last week, Farhad Manjoo wrote a column entitled “Never Tweet,” in which the New York Times writer argued that Twitter is toxic for journalists, and that we should disengage from it as much as possible. “Twitter is ruining American journalism,” he said bluntly. The column sparked been plenty of commentary agreeing with him (much of […]

Former New York mayor’s dark view of Trump is key factor in possible presidential bid.

Mastering the art of disruptive innovation in journalism

In an era of social media and fake news, journalists who have survived the print plunge have new foes to face.

There’s a certain novelty, after decades at a legacy media company, in playing for the team that’s winning big.

Summary: We continue our survey of the pioneering social/community sites by sitting down with David Bohnett, who, along with John Rezner, founded Geocities. David recounts how ...

With help from the CIA, Paul Engle’s writing students battled Communism and eggheaded abstraction. The damage to writing still lingers.

Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman are co-hosts of the podcast Call Your Girlfriend and co-authors of the new book Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close. “People telling you about their lives is a real privilege and honor. No one owes you to tell you

Hearst hired a belligerent leader to disrupt its magazine business. Then fired him mid-disruption. Now it’s left with — what, exactly?

Moments of social mobilization enliven and expand our political imagination. Among the things that sorely need reimagining is our technology.

On belonging, becoming, and communities with a clock.

The money, spread over three years and the entire globe, is welcome — but this is PR, not a product.

Noted New York Times reporter has racked up a number of notable scoops, along with some misfiring stories.

It's Google's biggest financial commitment to the news industry in its history.

People talk about "turning points" in life. It never felt like so at the moment.

One of Twitter's summer experiments — to get people to read news articles before retweeting them — will be rolled out to the rest of the platform "very soon." Twitter announced the experiment in June in an effort to "promote informed discussion", as one of a few projects …

This week’s interview is with the one and only Kara Swisher. (If you don’t know, now you know). We talked about what she’s been up to over the past few months; “Sway,” the new interview show she’s hosting with New York Times Opinion; and finding the right medium for your message. Enjoy!