We keep an eye out for the most interesting stories about Labby subjects: digital media, startups, the web, journalism, strategy, and more. Here’s some of what we’ve seen lately.

Arab nationals are more likely than Americans to get news from social media, and younger Arabs are more likely to trust it than their older compatriots. These are some of the findings from the fifth ...

“After a Canadian television network briefly posted the video on its streaming app on Monday, copies were quickly downloaded and widely shared on social media. 60 Minutes is seen by an average of 10 ...

“The correspondent on the story, Sharyn Alfonsi, condemned the decision in an email to 60 Minutes colleagues on Sunday evening, saying she believed it was ‘not an editorial decision, it is a political ...

The shattering of mass media into niche channels is nearly complete. For the first time in 2025, more people in the U.S. accessed news through social media text and videos than through TV or news ...

In May, the Houston Landing shut down less than two years after its ambitious launch, laying off all 43 employees. In conversations with more than a dozen former Landing staffers, and additional ...

One of my favorite Nieman Lab predictions in recent years came from Nik Usher, associate professor of communication studies at the University of San Diego. The prediction, “The future-of-journalism ...

Here’s a term you may be hearing with increasing frequency: “Fact-based journalism.” The Associated Press uses it in fund-raising appeals, as does ProPublica, and our local NPR affiliate. The National ...

Before reading Rachel Aviv’s most recent piece for The New Yorker, I might have described the Lucy Letby case as well-covered. In August 2023, the former neonatal nurse became only the fourth woman in ...

It’s hard not to root for the National Trust for Local News. Prior to founding the Trust, as a researcher at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy, Hansen Shapiro ...

The Wikimedia Foundation outlined its new AI strategy on Wednesday, stressing that it's decided to use AI as a tool to support editors, not replace them. "Our investments will be focused on specific ...

Whether on the web or the app, the home page of The New York Times is a crucial gateway, setting the stage for readers’ experiences and guiding them to the most important news of the day. The Times ...