Uneasy Bedfellows: AI in the News, Platform Companies and the Issue of Journalistic Autonomy

Platform companies play an important role in the production and distribution of news. This article analyses this questions control, dependence autonomy light ‘AI goldrush’ I argue that introduction AI news risks shifting even more control to increasing industry’s on platform companies. While companies’ power over organisations has date mainly flown from their channels distribution, potentially allows them extend means as technology increasingly permeates all stages news-making process. As a result, risk becoming tethered long-run, limiting and, by extension, contributing restructuring public arena are re-shaped according logics businesses. conclude mapping research agenda highlights potential implications spells out areas need further exploration.