The Media Copilot Podcast
1) Can AI Fix the News Feed? Cory Ondrejka on NewsArc, Outrage Loops, and Smarter Curation
Social feeds turned news into a rage machine. Cory Ondrejka says it’s time for a reset! Use AI to cut the noise, respect your time, and deliver journalism that actually matters.For years, the way we c...Show More
2) Who Pays When AI Eats the Web? Bill Gross on Zero-Click Search, and the Conversation Layer
AI engines are siphoning off billions in value from publishers.If the 2010s were about gaming Google with SEO, the 2020s are about surviving AI’s takeover of distribution. Global pageviews are down 25...Show More
3) Who Controls What You See? AI, Media & Power
If the last decade was about platforms swallowing the press, the next one is about AI mediating everything…how we find news, what we trust, and who gets paid. On this episode of The Media Copilot, hos...Show More
4) Bot-Blocking to Business-Building: DataDome’s Aurélie Guerrieri on the Intent Layer of AI Traffic
Publishers don’t need bigger walls—they need dials. Here’s how to see, price, and shape LLM and agent activity instead of getting steamrolled by it.If the last two years were about discovering that AI...Show More
5) The Future of Media is Agentic, And Dappier Wants Publishers to Win It
How Dappier helps publishers move beyond bot-blocking to monetize AI and take charge of their own "answer layer."This week on The Media Copilot, host Pete Pachal is joined by Dan Goikhman and Krish Ar...Show More
6) The Atlantic’s AI Gamble with Nicholas Thompson
From “subscriber‐financed stalwart” to AI trailblazer—how The Atlantic built an AI task force, overhauled its search strategy, and struck bold licensing deals to future-proof quality journalism.This w...Show More
7) Cloudflare’s Stephanie Cohen on fighting AI scraping
Cloudflare’s move to block AI bots by default could reshape how content is protected online—raising new questions about copyright, scraping, and the future of AI training data.This week on The Media C...Show More
8) The AP’s AI playbook: Troy Thibodeaux on liquid content, integrity, and the future of news
From “news wholesaler” to AI innovator—how the Associated Press is adapting to new audience habits, synthetic content, and search-native journalism.This week on The Media Copilot podcast, host Pete Pa...Show More
9) No More Doomscrolling: Sara Beykpour on Smarter News with Particle
Inside Particle’s mission to fix the way we consume headlines—with AI summaries, source transparency, and more.This week on The Media Copilot, host Pete Pachal welcomes Sara Beykpour, CEO of Particle,...Show More
10) Inside the AI Newsroom: Florent Daudens on Building Tools Journalists Actually Want
Hugging Face’s media liaison talks trust, tech, and why the next great newsroom might look more like a dev team.This week on The Media Copilot, host Pete Pachal welcomes Florent Daudens, longtime Cana...Show More