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Why Newsrooms Keep Producing News Nobody Asked For

Newsrooms have a decade of data on what audiences actually want. But they keep ignoring it.

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Luis G
Apr 16, 2026
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Newsrooms keep producing journalism their audiences largely skip, then wonder why people tune out.

Forty percent of people worldwide now sometimes or …

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