The Media Copilot

AI is fundamentally reshaping the media landscape, but who ensures that publishers get fairly compensated for their content?

As AI companies build massive language models, they often rely on vast amo…

AI is changing the way people tell stories — both PR professionals and journalists. Is it possible both might lose the most important part: authenticity?

The media and communications industry is unde…

AI is transforming the newsroom, redefining how journalists gather and analyze information, and pushing the boundaries of efficiency and storytelling.

This week on The Media Copilot, I’m joined by Fr…

AI is redefining how PR professionals and journalists collaborate, bringing new efficiencies while challenging the balance of authenticity and connection.

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AI tools are becoming essential partners for writers and creators, opening new possibilities for research, storytelling, and bringing ideas to life.

This week on The Media Copilot, I’m joined by Alex…

From custom news summaries to uncovering biases, AI can do a lot more than follow trends.

This week, I’m excited to talk to Robert Caulk, Founder of Emergent Methods and the creator of AskNews. Rob h…

How Clare Spencer is leveraging AI to redefine journalism, revolutionize content creation, and address the ethical complexities of modern media.

In this episode of The Media Copilot, Pete Pachal sit…

The Race to Monetize AI's Content Appetite and Build the Bridge Between Publishers and AI

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Can AI Avatars Build Trust in the Newsroom?

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This week on The Media Copilot, I’m thrilled to welcome Adam Mosam to the show. Adam is the founder of Channel 1…

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Business Insider's CEO on the Legal Challenges Reshaping the Media Industry

This week, I’m thrilled to welcome Jakob Wais to the podcast. Jakob is the CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Business Insider Ger…

This week I'm thrilled to welcome Liam Andrew to the podcast. Liam's been working with machine learning and AI for a lot longer than most of us. He worked on the product team at the Texas Tribune for…

If you follow AI at all, you’ve probably heard of Google NotebookLM. The Gemini-powered feature got a huge popularity boost recently when it introduced the ability to create a totally synthetic podca…

When should we use AI and when shouldn't we?

That's a question that comes up often when I consult with media companies and PR firms on integrating AI into their editorial teams. You have to balance a…

This week on The Media Copilot podcast, I'm thrilled to talk to Joanna Stern, Senior Personal Technology Columnist at the Wall Street Journal. Joanna and I used to see each other quite often at vario…

Remember that AI song based on the voices of Drake and the Weeknd that made the rounds last fall? It was a polarizing moment for AI — underscoring its power but also its peril, since neither artist h…

I always feel good when I see fellow journalists going out on their own to build something new, and that's exactly what Nick Toso and Catalina Villegas are doing with Rolli. Toso is the former Washin…

When it comes to the right and wrong of using AI in creative work, it's safe to say we're still figuring it out. That goes double for music, where AI has cultivated more than its share of lawsuits an…

For companies building new things and trying to tell their story, there's a lot of talk about "going direct" lately. This is shorthand for a new(-ish) type of PR, where the founder and sometimes othe…

Perplexity is here to answer your questions.

Answering questions requires good information, though, and providing answers is easier if the people with the information actually want to give it to you.…