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NewsTechNavigator

Strategic intelligence for media professionals who need to separate what actually works from expensive theater in news technology.

By Ali Mahmood

· Launched a year ago

I believe in the open internet, most of it anyway. Then my kid logged on. A parent on the global rush to ban social media, the surveillance it would…

A scan of 1,715 outlets, the Core Web Vitals behind the drift to AI, and why even the smallest newsroom can put it right.

The opt-out you finally got, and the question it doesn’t answer.

Why a hungry audience and a newsletter worth opening are two different problems.

What 200 anonymous knowledge workers told me, and what history says happens next inside organizations that confuse control with progress.

Lessons from a Toronto apartment, 1971-1994.

Harry Frankfurt's distinction between liars and bullshitters, applied to how our industry talks about itself.

Part 4 of 4: Why marketing only compounds when you actually know your audience.