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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OpenAI has confirmed that advertising will begin appearing in ChatGPT in the US for free and Go tiers “over the coming weeks”, while paid plans such as Pro, Business and Enterprise will remain ad-free. The change converts what many treated as a laboratory for organic visibility into a commercial marketplace,…
One of Axel Springer’s most prominent German editors has stepped down following an internal inquiry into his conduct at a company Christmas party. Jan Philipp Burgard, 41, who served as editor-in-chief of the centre-right broadsheet Die Welt, left Axel Springer after executives opened an investigation this month into reports that…
Symbolic.ai, an artificial intelligence startup founded by former eBay chief executive Devin Wenig and Ars Technica co-founder Jon Stokes, has struck a commercial partnership with News Corp to deploy its AI-native publishing platform across the media group’s newsrooms, beginning with Dow Jones Newswires, the company said in announcements this week.…
Politico has begun 2026 with a round of newsroom departures, cutting roughly 3% of its global workforce as it reconfigures teams and prepares new products, while the Wall Street Journal announced a separate “strategic restructure” affecting features and weekend staff. The Politico reductions form part of a wider set of…
Spot rising threats without breaking the bank: small firms across the UK and beyond are increasingly turning to practical, scalable AI security tools to protect data, staff and customers, here’s what works, why it matters and how to choose solutions that fit a modest budget. Essential Takeaways AI is essential,…
In a significant leadership change at Politico, founding editor in chief John F. Harris is stepping away from day-to-day newsroom management, with global editor Matthew Kaminski set to take charge of the US operation. The transition, announced today, signals a generational shift for Politico more than a decade after its…
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