Ole Reissmann

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I'm a journalist who builds stuff. At SPIEGEL, I launched podcasts, led teams, and shaped platform strategies. Now I'm into AI.

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Google got The Economist and The Atlantic to provide content for NotebookLM (Sarah Perez, TechCrunch)

posted 14.7.2025 by oler

The Media’s Pivot to AI Is Not Real and Not Going to Work: “”Where are the journalists who were formerly middling who are now pumping out incredible articles thanks to efficiencies granted by AI?” (Jason Koebler, 404 Media)

posted 14.7.2025 by oler

“Own the interface, control the signal and reshape the economics”: The next browser wars are here—and AI wants the ad dollars too. (Krystal Scanlon, Digiday)

posted 14.7.2025 by oler

Alex Reisner reports on Silicon Valley’s “assault” on the media: “The world is changing fast, perhaps irrevocably. The institutions that comprise our country’s free press are fighting for their survival.” (The Atlantic)

posted 14.7.2025 by oler

AI chatbots try to get to articles behind paywalls, and they do it the same way humans would: they search the web and social media for copies and excerpts, then piece it together. The difference is they can do it way faster, which raises the question of whether these bots should be allowed to do this at all. (Henk van Ess, Digital Digging)

posted 12.7.2025 by oler

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“Soon people won’t be able to escape AI; it will be integrated into everything they own and use. Our audiences’ expectations of the digital world in general, and of the media, are going to shift radically. And their needs will change too. We can’t just polish our current solutions.”

The Telegraph’s Michelle Brister, May 2025

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When I'm asked about resources for news products and editorial development, I'm more often than not referring to these sites:

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“User needs in content publishing: the slide that started it all, five years later (Dmitry Shishkin, LinkedIn)”

posted 16.4.2025 by oler

“Digital Innovation Playbook” verspricht einen pragmatischen Rahmen und ein Werkzeugset für Produktentwicklerinnen und Managerinnen.

posted 15.4.2025 by oler

Quartz, once a beacon of business journalism, is now a media zombie after being acquired by private equity (Obituray by co-founder Zach Seward)

posted 9.4.2025 by oler

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