This first appeared in our weekly newsletter Editor’s picks. Sign up here I’ve been turning to existential questions in recent days. Why are we here? What are we doing? Who will miss us when we’re gone? To be clear, I’m not asking these questions about the human race – though they feel more apposite at the moment – but news providers. I think my introspection has come because I’ve been getting my head around the issues of numerous clients and prospects and the general mood music of an industry whose old certainties are disappearing fast. And it’s clear that there…
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Steve Huffman wants companies to stop overlooking recent graduates — and start hiring them for their fluency with artificial intelligence. The Reddit chief executive argues that a cohort raised alongside large language models offers a competitive advantage, at a time when companies are reworking products and workflows around AI. His…
Deutsche Presse-Agentur has launched a programme to connect traditional newsrooms with digital-first creators, aiming to test new formats and reinforce fact-based reporting on social platforms. The initiative — Creator x News, supported by Google — was announced at a Berlin conference and will bring media organisations and journalistic creators into…
Axios is accelerating its use of artificial intelligence as it seeks to expand its reach and output, with executives making clear the technology will also reshape staffing and workflows across the company. In a memo to staff, chief executive Jim VandeHei described AI as central to a “moonshot” ambition to…
The Greek Antenna Group has acquired Gedi Gruppo Editoriale, the Turin-based publisher of La Repubblica, in a deal that reshapes Italy’s media landscape and ends the Agnelli-Elkann family’s involvement in the sector. The sale — confirmed to staff on Monday by Gedi chairman Paolo Ceretti — follows months of negotiation…
This first appeared in our weekly newsletter Editor’s picks. Sign up here I have long believed that op-ed columnists should be given five years in the job and then be sent out to pasture or other assignments. My experience is that after that long in the job – and to…
Axios has cut 11 newsroom roles as it pivots away from general assignment reporting towards specialist journalists with deep subject expertise. The move underscores a broader shift in digital media, where publishers are betting that authority and niche knowledge , rather than scale , will drive audience growth and revenue,…
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Google is testing a more granular form of personalisation for its Discover feed that allows signed-in users to tell the service, in plain language, what they want to see and what they do not. The test signals a shift toward explicit, AI-driven control of recommendation systems, a change that could…
Brian McGrory will return as editor of the Boston Globe in January, the company said on Monday, marking a comeback to the newspaper where he spent more than three decades and previously led the newsroom from 2012 until early 2023. His reappointment offers clues about how this leading metro paper…
Piers Morgan is close to securing about $30 million in new funding in an attempt to turn his YouTube programme Piers Morgan Uncensored into a global media business. The move would value the operation at just under £100 million before new money and further cement the shift of high-profile commentators…
Italy’s media sector has been jolted by confirmation that Exor, the Agnelli-Elkann family holding company, is in exclusive talks to sell most of the GEDI publishing group to Greece’s Antenna Group. The prospect of a sale has triggered strikes, newsroom protests and calls for government intervention over the future of…
Yahoo is widening its use of artificial intelligence in news delivery with the launch of an afternoon audio digest that personalises headlines for each listener. The move signals how major publishers are starting to treat AI-generated audio as a core distribution format rather than an experiment. The new briefing, called…
Australia’s world-first ban on social media accounts for under-16s came into force on 10 December 2025, requiring major platforms to remove existing accounts held by younger users and block new registrations. But early signs show how quickly the policy is running into technical and human obstacles. Children have been able…
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