

REVENUE GROWTH
Publishers roll out bundle initiatives to boost digital subscriptions
The past few weeks have seen a number of bundled digital subscription package plans announced by publishers in several parts of the world.
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TRAFFIC STRATEGY
How U.K. news group Reach is diversifying traffic sources amid zero-click threat
Reach, a UK-based news publisher with 120 titles that include Mirror, Express and Daily Record, is looking to news aggregation platforms to diversify traffic sources amid the threat of a zero-click future.
INNOVATION & LEADERSHIP
‘Masters of our own fate’: Media leaders embrace an AI future on their own terms
Across the keynotes and panel discussions of Paris AI Forum, one message was clear: publishers are not powerless in shaping how AI transforms media.
CONTENT PROTECTION
Hundreds of thousands of videos from news publishers like The New York Times and Vox were used to train AI models
YouTube channels from major news publishers and creators were in video data sets used by Microsoft, Meta, Snap, Runway, and Bytedance.
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INDEPENDENT CREATORS
News creators get more attention in countries where traditional media struggles
A new report highlights how “messy, fragmented, and loosely defined news sources have become for many people.”







