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Hosted by journalist Pete Pachal, The Media Copilot is a weekly conversation with smart people on how AI is changing media, journalism, and the news.
journalist Pete Pachal hosts The Media Copilot, a business show with 88 episodes published.
Why the future of generative media may hinge on who owns the data and who gets paid for it. Generative AI can now create high-quality images and videos in seconds. But as the technology accelerates, a more fundamental qu
AI is transforming how media is created, but it’s also raising a bigger question: can you trust what you’re seeing? In this episode of The Media Copilot, Pete Pachal sits down with Richard Murphy, CEO of the Alliance for
AI is reshaping how people search, shop, and consume information and that shift is starting to challenge the business models that have supported media for decades. In this episode of The Media Copilot, host Pete Pachal s
Search is changing fast, and AI is at the center of it. Search is no longer just about blue links and ranking on Google. More and more, people are getting their answers directly from AI tools like ChatGPT, Google AI Over
AI is rapidly becoming part of how news is produced, distributed, and discovered. But what does that actually look like inside a newsroom? In this episode of The Media Copilot, host Pete Pachal speaks with Gina Chua, Exe
What if instead of scrolling headlines, you had a personal intelligence agent that understood what matters to you and delivered only signal, not noise? In this episode of The Media Copilot, Pete Pachal talks with Eva Cic
Poynter’s Alex Mahadevan explains how newsrooms can use AI without losing the fundamentals of verification, context, and accountability. By The Copilot AI is already embedded in how people discover and consume news, from
Lawsuits set public rules; contracts set private ones. A media attorney on how leverage, timing, and context decide the path. In this episode, Pete Pachal sits down with corporate and transactional attorney Jason Henders
A tech-forward journalism professor unpacks how AI is changing how he teaches reporting and what it means for the entry-level jobs that are increasingly endangered. AI is not just changing how journalism gets made. It is
A candid look at how aggregation, personalization, and trust shape news discovery in an AI-driven internet. Yahoo has been part of the internet’s front door for more than two decades. But what does it mean to guide audie
In this special Best Of episode, Pete Pachal steps back from the weekly format to revisit the most important conversations from The Media Copilot in 2025. From AI’s growing influence on journalism and content creation to
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AI in journalism is no longer theoretical. In this episode of The Media Copilot, Pete Pachal sits down with Darla Cameron, Chief Product Officer at The Texas Tribune, for a candid look at how AI is showing up inside real
The Taboola CEO explains how USA Today’s DeeperDive changes news discovery, and why publishers might need “chat” after all. AI is rewriting the rules of digital media and few people have had a closer view of the shift th
In this episode of The Media Copilot, Pete Pachal talks with Mark Howard, Chief Operating Officer at Time, about how a century-old newsroom is adapting to a world where readers increasingly turn to AI systems for informa
Michael Rubenstein on how “brand agents” are reshaping advertising, publishing, and the Internet itself. We’ve spent decades trying to make digital advertising smarter. Cookies, pixels, and data exchanges promised person
Inside how AI is actually being used inside media companies today— and what success looks like when it’s done right. In this episode of The Media Copilot podcast, Pete Pachal speaks with John Levitt, COO of Elvex, about
What if AI could read your book, learn from it, summarize it, and remix it, all with your permission and a paycheck? Trip Adler is working to make that possible. Trip Adler co-founded Scribd, helped pioneer book subscrip
As AI eats the internet, publishers are fighting to keep control. Raptive’s Chief Growth Officer, Marc McCollum, says it’s not the end of the open web, it’s a chance to rebuild it on creators’ terms. In this episode of T
Local news without politics, crime, or chaos? Meet the startup making it happen. In this episode of The Media Copilot, host Pete Pachal talks with Ryan Heafy, co-founder of 6AM City, about how his team is flipping the sc
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The Media Copilot is hosted by journalist Pete Pachal. The show is categorised under business (news) and has published 88 episodes.
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