Axel Springer has agreed to acquire Bisnow, adding the events and editorial business to a new US-focused division that will sit alongside Morning Brew. The deal underscores Axel Springer’s drive to expand its business-to-business footprint in the US, betting on events and specialist newsletters as more resilient revenue streams at a time when advertising markets remain volatile and AI is reshaping digital publishing. Bisnow will join Morning Brew Inc in the newly created Brew Media Group, led by Robert Dippell, who will remain Morning Brew’s chief executive while overseeing the combined unit. Both brands will continue to operate independently within…
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News Corp’s CEO outlines a strategy combining licensing and litigation to protect journalism content The company has secured multi-million dollar deals with tech giants like Meta and OpenAI for AI training data Thomson emphasises the importance of reliable news sources for AI development and warns against unauthorised use News Corp…
Nearly half of US consumers have used TikTok as a search engine, according to a recent study by Adobe, highlighting a sharp shift in how people find information online. As audiences increasingly begin their queries inside social video apps, discovery is becoming more visual, personalised and platform-specific – challenging the…
Members of the Writers Guild of America East at HuffPost have unanimously approved a new three-year contract that pairs wage gains with detailed guardrails on artificial intelligence. The agreement comes as a number of US newsrooms negotiate collective bargaining agreements and as AI becomes a flashpoint at the table. By…
Sometimes the context around a conversation reshapes its meaning. That was evident at last Friday’s Good Leadership Breakfast when Steve Grove, CEO and publisher of the Minnesota Star Tribune, addressed a room grappling with unrest and uncertainty in local media. Grove — whose career includes senior roles at Google and…
Retrieval-Augmented Generation — or RAG — is changing how information is surfaced online. By pairing large language models with external data sources, it turns AI systems from static text predictors into tools that consult documents and databases before responding. For news publishers, that shift could redefine what it means to…
Leaders from India’s newsrooms joined international experts in Bengaluru last week for WAN-IFRA’s AI in Media forum, outlining a business-led approach to artificial intelligence that pairs operational gains with tighter editorial controls. The gathering reflects a shift in tone. Indian publishers are moving beyond pilots and proofs of concept, seeking…
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Berkshire Hathaway has acquired about 5.1 million shares in The New York Times Co., taking a roughly 3% stake valued at just over $350 million at year end, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The disclosure, made in Berkshire’s latest 13-F, marks a return to…
Australian journalist Joe Aston says his business-based investigative newsletter and podcast Rampart generated revenue of more than $350,000 in its first year and moved into profit within months of launch. In an interview with Mumbrella, Aston said revenue was measured in “multiples” of A$500,000 and that the business quickly exceeded…
Condé Nast has named Adam Baidawi global editorial director of GQ, placing the 35-year-old editor in charge of the men’s title worldwide and extending a run of senior promotions from within the company. The appointment signals both continuity and generational change at the publisher, which has reshaped its top ranks…
Portugal is Europe’s most active adopter of generative artificial intelligence, with 62% of respondents using such tools regularly, well above the 52% European average of 52%, according to a new study by Bain & Company. The findings suggest a market moving quickly from experimentation to routine use, reshaping how consumers…
Apple is embedding native video into Apple Podcasts, reshaping how publishers distribute and monetise shows inside one of the industry’s largest listening platforms. The update – now in beta across iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4 and visionOS 26.4 – treats video as a first-class format powered by HLS streaming rather than…
Dow Jones has appointed Ben Levisohn editor in chief of Barron’s, elevating a 15-year company veteran to the top editorial role at the financial publication. The move puts a longtime insider in charge at a moment of heightened interest in markets and investing, as Barron’s looks to build on recent…
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