Sara Fischer

Trump administration efforts to gut government-funded media face pushback in court

Efforts by the Trump administration to gut Congressionally approved funds for agencies overseen by the 

Trump's historic war on traditional media

President Trump, in small and unprecedented ways, is punishing media companies more than any leader since America's founding. Once considered a bastion for free expression, America's record on press freedoms has fallen to a historic low, according to Reporters Without Borders. Under Trump's second presidency, the press is "under siege," the group argues. American trust in media has hit an all-time low. Most U.S. counties have little to no local news sources anymore. Trump is targeting traditional media sources at a moment of tremendous vulnerability for the industry.

Google won't add fact checks despite new EU law

Google has told the European Union it will not add fact checks to search results and YouTube videos or use them in ranking o

Media's suck-up moment

Fearing political retribution and strained by new business challenges, media companies that once covered President-elect Trump with skepticism—and in many cases, disdain—are reconsidering their appro

Amazon eyes news partners for revamped AI Alexa voice assistant

Amazon is reaching out to news publishers about opportunities to license their content for the next generation of Amazo

Threads adds 35 million new signups this month

Instagram's X rival, Threads, has seen 35 million new users sign up for the platform since November 1st. Threads and rival BlueSky are competing to attract d

Trump's victory ignites the next great digital divide

Left-leaning apps, news websites and social networks are experiencing a spike in engagement following President-elect Trump's election win, further dividing the inter

Digital ad market booms for Big Tech

The world's biggest digital advertising companies saw significant sales growth last quarter, driving momentum for the U.S.

Big Tech defends free speech amid government pressure

The long-standing tension between censorship versus safety online is coming to a head as CEOs start

New Washington Post AI tool sifts massive data sets

The Washington Post recently published its first-ever story built on the work of a new AI tool called Haystacker that allows journalists to sift through large data sets—video, photo or text—to find newsworthy trends or patterns.