Nieman Lab·2026-06-01

“You’ll need journalism so distinctive it has its own gravity”: New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger on how news organizations can stand up to AI companies

New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger delivered a keynote at the WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress in Marseille, France on Monday. Titled AI, Journalism, and the Uncertain Future of the Public Square, the talk is published in full here . Our profession has been too quiet, too passive, and too fragmented in the face of abuses by the companies leading the AI revolution, Sulzberger said. The New

New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger delivered a keynote at the WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress in Marseille, France on Monday. Titled AI, Journalism, and the Uncertain Future of the Public Square, the talk is published in full here . Our profession has been too quiet, too passive, and too fragmented in the face of abuses by the companies leading the AI revolution, Sulzberger said. The New

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