Controlled Personalization in Legacy Media Online Services: A Case Study in News Recommendation

ArXi:2510.09136v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Personalized news recommendations have become a standard feature of large news aggregation services, optimizing user engagement through automated content selection. In contrast, legacy news media often approach personalization cautiously, striving to balance technological innovation with core editorial values. As a result, online platforms of traditional news outlets typically combine editorially curated content with algorithmically selected articles - a strategy we term controlled personalization.