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August 19, 2025 44 mins

On this episode of The Community Exchange Podcast, we welcome Louise Story, Chief Executive Officer at Atlas Obscura.

In our discussion, Louise and MSG cover:

  • Louise’s rise from award-winning investigative journalist to Chief Product & Technology Officer and now CEO of Atlas Obscura
  • How Google and social algorithms reshaped newsrooms, and why AI may flip the script again
  • Why “new news” is now more valuable than ever in the age of LLMs
  • Challenges facing publishers reliant on evergreen or repackaged content
  • Shifts in user behavior around search, queries, and the desire for answers
  • Lessons from building product, editorial, and tech at legacy media giants
  • What content companies must do to survive in a post-cookie, post-search world
  • The power of community contribution, curiosity, and mission-driven journalism

And more.

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