Major news outlets are taking opposite approaches toward future-proofing their businesses against the threat of AI — some are opting to partner with AI firms, and others are suing them.Why it matters: Unlike music and book publishers, news outlets...
Publishers could see the writing on the wall when it came to Google’s announcement that it was delaying cookie deprecation from Chrome yet again.And while there’s a shared commitment amongst media execs to continue testing cookieless alternatives in the...
Page views across the websites of the UK’s biggest commercial publisher Reach were down by a third in the first quarter of 2024.The publisher attributed this decline of 33% to the “deprioritisation of news during 2023 by major platforms”...
Nilay Patel, the editor-in-chief of the digital technology publication The Verge, has lately taken to describing theverge.com as “the last Web site on earth.” It’s kind of a joke—there are, of course, tons of Web sites still in existence,...
Even as many Americans say they learn about the 2024 election campaign from national news outlets, a disquieting poll reveals some serious trust issues.About half of Americans, 53%, say they are extremely or very concerned that news organizations will...
LinkedIn is testing a new program enabling publishers to stitch pre-roll ads from partners directly into the organic video content they post to the platform.A handful of publishers including The Wall Street Journal are currently participating in an “alpha...
The New European has appointed James Ball as its first political editor.Ball, who already contributes columns and interviews to the weekly publication, will lead its “expanded political coverage”, the title said.The New European’s editor and founder Matt Kelly said...
In the first episode of his true-crime podcast, Chris Lambert offered listeners a promise regarding a 23-year-old missing persons case in San Luis Obispo, California:“I’m going to try to learn everything I can about Kristin Smart and what happened...
Judging from the responses I got, London is the epicenter of iPhone thievery. I’m going to be back in late May. My goal is to make it out with my phone in my posession.This week, I had a conversation...
Number of writers jailed in China exceeds 100 for first time, says reportFreedom to Write index says there are 107 people in prison for published content in China, with many accused of ‘picking quarrels’Amy Hawkins Senior China correspondentWed 1...
