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.

Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief Emma Tucker on a recent trend of powerful people suing media outlets before they’ve published stories. “Deep-pocketed people [are] doing this as a PR strategy,” she ...

People Inc has seen traffic to its brands referred by Google fall by 63% over the past two years. But it is growing the amount of revenue that is not dependent on website visits….This non-website ...

The New York Times Company now has 13.1 million subscribers, the company said on Wednesday, after adding about 310,000 digital-only subscribers in the first quarter of the year. The company has set a ...

French politicians on the left and center have criticized a parliament inquiry report that recommends sweeping cuts to public broadcasting, with a row over culture wars building before next year’s ...

Diller, who is chairman of media conglomerate IAC, said CNN is ‘so ripe’ for innovation ‘that I don’t think it’s seen in almost 10 years.’ He said while CNN has made some investments in turning the ...

I’ve also changed how I write my outreach emails. Previously, I would offer a brief explanation of the story and what the source would contribute, offer to answer some questions, then ask to set up a ...

Its proposed replacement for the News Media Bargaining Code retains its original sin: pretending that a public policy ...

Shane Smith’s video podcast] also serves as a thread connecting to the brand’s soft relaunch on Wednesday, which will introduce a new but pared-down Vice News website. In addition to hosting Smith’s ...

"It's one of those huge, gigantic things that sort of go beyond sports. It's like a life-measurement mechanism." ...

Hannah Natanson’s work “anchored a package of articles for [The Washington Post] that won the public service award, considered the most prestigious Pulitzer Prize, for what the Pulitzer Board ...

In September 2023, Torre tried something new: his own podcast, called Pablo Torre Finds Out. This wasn’t just some thrown-together project where he invited sportswriter friends to talk about who ...