Personal Digest: USA Today’s data bet with Palantir

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Personal Digest: USA Today’s data bet with Palantir
Digest Newsletter · Aug 7, 2026
Personal Digest: USA Today’s data bet with Palantir

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USA Today Co. partnered with Palantir — Facing declining search traffic, the publisher is using Palantir to monetize and analyze audience behavior to rescue newsroom economics.

Art

Art

Masterpieces and makers: museums lean in on access and message

Islamic art (artforum.com) · Peace movement (nti.org) · Symbolism (art) (bc.edu)

Family

Family

Families fray and reconnect — from livestream crises to egg-donor bonds

Mental Health (forbes.com) · Inheritance (floridatoday.com) · Assisted Reproduction (wbur.org)

Pass/fail

Pass/fail

Grades, farm money, and crypto clarity all hang in the balance

Agriculture (smith.senate.gov) · Education (forbes.com) · Cryptocurrency (tradingview.com)

Sports

Sports

New faces, governance headaches, and cultural debates shape sport

Trinidad Chambliss (clarionledger.com) · Gymnastics (theguardian.com) · Coco Gauff (foxnews.com)

Book

Book

Streisand writes for kids, and journalism books wrestle with AI

Barbra Streisand (people.com) · Artificial Intelligence (niemanlab.org)

Music

Music

AI, pop icons, and safer raves — music is remixing reality

Artificial Intelligence (arstechnica.com) · Rihanna (pajiba.com) · Charli XCX (idsnews.com)

Newspaper

Newspaper

USA Today turns to Palantir to make readers pay attention again

Data Analysis (niemanlab.org)