The technology industry is pushing local journalism over the edge, according to a new report from the office of Sen. Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from Washington state. The report released… Read More
Sports Illustrated publisher Maven fired top soccer journalist Grant Wahl for his criticism of how the company handled job cuts and salary reductions amid the COVID-19 outbreak, according to an… Read More
The New York Times of 2019 is a different animal than the daily print newspaper that defined the publication for most of its life. Today, The Times is a multimedia… Read More
Maven, the Seattle-based media company that purchased Sports Illustrated earlier this year, has raised $20 million and revealed more of its strategy for the iconic sports publication, as well as… Read More
It may feel like animosity toward the media is at an all-time high, but the head of The New York Times newsroom says it’s nothing new. What has changed, according… Read More
Many people don’t have a clue how journalism works. Journalists may have less access to events and their newsmakers than the general public does. All this for a career with… Read More
One of the most fascinating things about Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is that building one of the world’s most successful companies was merely a first step. He founded a space… Read More
Twitter is partnering with Seattle-area startup Tagboard to help video news producers highlight tweets tied to political issues and races in live broadcasts. Today the two tech companies launched Tagboard… Read More
Fringe groups are seeking to manipulate the media and tech companies with accusations of anti-conservative bias, aiming to invoke anger among conservatives and provoke reactions from journalists and the tech… Read More
In the battle against fake news, is it finally time to certify journalists? It’s a divisive question, but one that is becoming more interesting by the day. As a media… Read More
From the “Portal to the Pacific” to the “Paris of Appalachia,” we’re packing our bags for Pittsburgh. That’s right, we’re bringing our unique brand of tech, science and innovation news… Read More
Our guest on this episode of the GeekWire podcast: Ina Fried, the San Francisco-based chief technology correspondent for Axios, a new media company founded by former executives of the Politico news… Read More
Amazon is getting into the news business, once again proving that the company’s appetite for new industries knows no limits. The Seattle company has signed a deal with Investigative Reporting… Read More
The news industry faces a Herculean challenge. With resources and attention spans dwindling, media organizations find themselves in a war with tech titans who have billions of dollars to back their forays… Read More
After spending more than three years helping grow Starbucks’ digital news operation, Linda Thomas is shifting gears to do something similar at another Seattle-based corporate giant. The longtime journalist took a new job at Amazon last… Read More
Facebook announced a new initiative Wednesday, the Facebook Journalism Project, designed to strengthen relationships with publishers and journalists and stop the kinds of hoaxes that became prevalent during election season. In… Read More
LAS VEGAS — It didn’t take long for Barry Diller — the outspoken and charismatic chairman of IAC and Expedia — to discuss the discombobulated state of media in 2017.… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the lifelong actor who starred in Inception, 500 Days of Summer, and most recently Snowden, thinks online collaboration can solve some of the biggest challenges facing the… Read More
The past two decades have been rough for the newspapers. In the digital age, most people expect to get their information for free, shaking the traditional news industry. But to Seattle-based… Read More
Facebook is making it easier for journalists to find content on the social network to use in their stories. The new program, called Signal, is only open to journalists and helps… Read More
Google introduced a new initiative called News Lab today, aiming to give journalists more access to Google data, plus tools and training to use that data to make great stories. News Lab is a centralized… Read More
One of the great things about the internet is that it’s now easier than ever to find great long-form writing that would have been locked up inside different magazine silos… Read More
Kara Swisher is one of the most trusted and feared technology journalists on the planet, with a massive social following and a growing audience at her newly-launched tech news site… Read More
GeekWire is proud to report that staff writer Taylor Soper has been selected as one of three New Journalists of the Year by the Western Washington Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists —… Read More
Joining us this week on the GeekWire radio show: Glenn Fleishman, the longtime Seattle-based technology journalist, veteran Apple watcher, and editor/publisher of The Magazine, the popular subscription-based publication for iOS… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show, we analyze one of the biggest news stories of the week, which is a giant story for anyone who cares about the future… Read More
Tableau Software is making its premium Tableau Desktop data visualization software free to members of the Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE) group, helping keep their work under wraps until it’s… Read More
In the winter of 2009, Seattle was the center of a global maelstrom that has yet to bottom out: the collapse of the advertiser-supported business model that funded mainstream journalism.… Read More
Twice in the span of one month I did something I hadn’t done for a decade — worked in a newsroom. Those two partial weeks that I spent enfolded, tauntaun… Read More
Cheezburger Network founder Ben Huh has been uncharacteristically quiet about Circa, his online journalism startup. Now word is out that Circa has raised $750,000 in seed funding. TechCrunch reports that… Read More