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What publishers can learn from Australia’s battle with the platforms

What publishers can learn from Australia’s battle with the platforms

Former Australian Communications Minister Paul Fletcher reflects on the News Media Bargaining Code, platform power and why AI is reopening […]

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What does a $120k hire actually cost you?

A $120K salary might look straightforward on paper. But once you factor in employer taxes, statutory benefits, payroll, and country-specific employment costs, the number can look pretty different.

And those costs can vary significantly depending on where your employee is based. Before you build your hiring budget, or make an offer, it helps to know the full picture.

Oyster’s Global Hiring Cost Calculator lets you compare employment costs across 120 countries and estimate what a hire could really cost your business.

OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY

Why Poor CRM Data Quality Kills AI Projects

Why Poor CRM Data Quality Kills AI Projects

Companies race to deploy AI-powered marketing tools, yet most initiatives stall before reaching their potential. Poor customer relationship management (CRM) data quality undermines even the most sophisticated models. AI systems amplify whatever information feeds them, so errors in contact records and customer profiles scale at the same speed as potential successes. Organisations exploring enterprise data […]

Marketers bemoan the culture of ‘good enough’ as standards fall amid the AI bubble

Marketers bemoan the culture of ‘good enough’ as standards fall amid the AI bubble

‘Drowning in measurement,’ marketers mull priorities in an internet where ‘two audiences’ exist. 

MEDIA INNOVATION

AI is eating website traffic, websites are blocking AI – and reliable information is getting harder to find

AI is eating website traffic, websites are blocking AI – and reliable information is getting harder to find

For 30 years, the world wide web has run on a surprisingly profound social contract: most sites are free for search engines to access, but if you use their content you give credit by linking to the source. Recently, that social contract has begun to collapse. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are crawling sites not to link to […]

Google releases September 2026 spam update

Google releases September 2026 spam update

This update can take about two weeks to roll out.

MEDIA & CONTENT

YouTube wants you to pump its TV watch time with microdramas

YouTube wants you to pump its TV watch time with microdramas

At its 2026 Made on YouTube event, Google‘s video platform revealed that microdrama content has racked up 6.5 billion views in the first half of this year. That’s a 50% jump from 2025. And, of even more interest to YouTube, microdrama views on TV screens increased by more than 90% year-over-year during the first half […]

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The agentic era needs a different CRM. That’s Attio.

Parallel, Turbopuffer, and Wordsmith run their entire GTM motion on Attio, with agents that chase every buying signal, build pipeline, and move deals forward, 24/7.

AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT

How to know if you can trust an AI’s answer to your question

How to know if you can trust an AI’s answer to your question

I recently typed a simple question into Google search: How much screen time is too much for teenagers? Instead of presenting links, as Google had been doing for many years, it gave me an AI-generated answer. The artificial intelligence agent cited a number, then complicated that reply, noting that quality and balance of time could […]

Google September 2026 Spam Update Has Been Unleashed

Google September 2026 Spam Update Has Been Unleashed

Google has just announced the release of the September 2026 spam update and said it should take a couple of weeks to roll out. This is a global update and is expected to impact all languages. This only impacts sites that spam, but with any update...

PUBLISHERS PULSE

Should publishers push harder to make Big Tech pay for their content?

Platform deals, licensing and AI are creating new questions about who should capture the value of journalism.

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