AI narration is quietly becoming a real publisher engagement channel
The New Yorker says roughly 20% of subscribers regularly listen to AI-narrated articles, and the Wall Street Journal’s narration feature has been used 5 million times in the past year, per CJR.
Why it matters. Publishers that haven’t installed audio players are leaving an easy, low-cost engagement lever untouched with their existing audience.
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