#21 The King Is Dead. Do We Switch Off Personalization in News? Christoph Schmitz at Schibsted
Some news is too important for anyone to miss. Does that mean everyone should see the same homepage?“The king is dead” has long been Nils’s example of a story in demos for personalization with news pu...
16 Sep 37min
#20 The Change Tax: Why Print-Era Hierarchy Is Killing News Media in the AI Age. Selma Stern, Independent Advisor
Most people in media have not heard the term "change tax," but they have felt it. Selma Stern describes it as work that keeps coming back without ever getting resolved, like the same alignment meeting...
16 Aug 58min
#19 The News Homepage Formula: A/B Testing, Ice Ice Baby stunt, and Losing Control to Personalization. Helge Voll Hustad at VG (Schibsted)
In this episode of Insight Shapes News by Kilkaya, host Nils Ove Håland Riise sits down with Helge Voll Hustad, Homepage Editor at VG — Norway's largest news site, where he curates the homepage with n...
1 Juli 40min
#18 INMA Berlin, Die Zeit, Media Pioneer, and Why Trust Is the Only Advantage Left. Tarjei Gilbrant at Kilkaya
What happens when two people who talk before every episode finally sit down in front of a microphone together?In this episode of Insight Shapes News by Kilkaya, host Nils Ove Håland Riise is joined by...
22 Maj 34min
#17 Introducing Personalization Where the Newsroom Usually Says No — At the Top of the Homepage. Ivar Krustok & Tarmo Paju, Delfi Estonia
Content Personalization in news products has typically been placed in low-risk areas—below articles or in separate recommendation modules further down on the page.What happens when it is introduced hi...
9 Apr 1h 44min
#16 Technology Is No Longer Neutral. Why Infrastructure Is Becoming a Strategic Risk for News Companies. Endre Dingsør at Choose European
Technology used to feel neutral. Infrastructure choices were seen as operational decisions handled by IT teams. That assumption is now being challenged.In this episode of Insight Shapes News by Kilkay...
12 Mars 49min
#15 The Leadership Model in Newsrooms Is Broken. What Needs to Change? Jeremy Clifford at Chrysalis Leadership
What does it take to lead journalists through uncertainty, resistance, and constant change?In this episode of Insight Shapes News by Kilkaya, host Nils Ove Håland Riise speaks with Jeremy Clifford, fo...
23 Feb 1h 4min
#14 Algorithms vs Editors: Who Decides What You Read at Scale? Christoph Schmitz at Schibsted
How should personalization work in journalism when trust, fairness, and editorial responsibility are at stake?In this episode of Insight Shapes News by Kilkaya, host Nils Ove Håland Riise speaks with ...
5 Jan 1h 10min
