Publishers and AI developers are moving away from upfront training fees toward ongoing, usage-based licensing tied to live access and attribution. The Digiday explainer on grounding and RAG signals a sector-wide shift in monetisation, with high-profile licensing deals showing real-time sourcing as the new revenue driver while flagging ongoing IP questions for rights holders. Publishers and AI developers are reshaping the economics of content in real time, moving away from one-off training payments toward ongoing, usage-based models that tie money to live access and attribution. The Digiday explainer on grounding, RAG and related terms frames a sector-wide shift in how…
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July 2025 data show a broad decline in traffic to the top US news sites, with the BBC’s dynamic US paywall at the centre of a sharp drop that accelerates a move toward direct channels and paid access. July 2025 delivered a stark reminder of the digital disruption reshaping US…
This summer’s plunge in news traffic was not just about Google’s AI Overviews redefining how people find information. It was a perfect storm: Google cutting clicks at the front end, and publishers, through Cloudflare’s default bot blocking, cutting off the back-end pathways that help stories “grow legs”. It is the…
This summer’s plunge in news traffic was not just about Google’s AI Overviews rewriting how people find information. It was a perfect storm: Google cutting clicks at the front end, and publishers, through Cloudflare’s default bot blocking, cutting off the back-end pathways that help stories “go legs.” It is the…
Australian Associated Press (AAP) will provide its newswire content to Google’s Gemini AI chatbot under a new partnership aimed at improving the timeliness and reliability of the tool’s responses for Australian users. AAP, which celebrates its 90th anniversary this year, is positioning the agreement as part of its digital transformation…
WAN-IFRA has appointed Stig Ørskov as its next chief executive, succeeding Vincent Peyrègne, who is stepping down after more than a decade leading the global association of news publishers. Ørskov, currently CEO of JP/Politiken Media Group in Denmark and vice-president of WAN-IFRA, will take over in early 2026. Peyrègne, who…
Substack has switched on Apple in-app purchases across its iOS app, letting iPhone users subscribe to paid newsletters without leaving the app. The rollout follows tests with about 30,000 creators, and industry reports say more than 30,000 publications now have the option enabled. Substack claims the pilot improved paid sign-ups…
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Fortune magazine is ramping up its use of artificial intelligence in news production with a new editorial push called Fortune Intelligence, aimed at accelerating breaking news coverage while maintaining human editorial oversight. The initiative, first reported by Semafor, will be led by Nick Lichtenberg, a former Fortune editor who returns…
Martin Lewis, the man behind the UK price comparison website MoneySavingExpert, has accused news publishers of misleading readers and undermining journalism by publishing clickbait articles that twist or fabricate his advice. Speaking to London Centric, Lewis, who regularly tops polls about who the British public would like to see as…
Google is facing a formal antitrust complaint in Europe from a coalition of independent publishers, who accuse the company of abusing its dominance through its AI Overviews feature. The complaint, filed with the European Commission on 30 June, claims the tool harms publishers by extracting information from their content and…
Venture capitalist Michael Moritz is deepening his investment in journalism with a strategic expansion of The San Francisco Standard, the digital news outlet he co-founded in 2021. In an interview with the New York Times, Moritz described news and information in any city as “as vital as water, electricity and…
As traditional revenue streams collapse and AI-driven platforms siphon traffic, news publishers face an existential threat — and it’s no longer enough to simply ride the waves. Survival now hinges on making the right strategic decisions, rebooting journalism, and finding new business models. For a long time I thought it…
Foreign firms are able to take minority stakes in British newspapers after MPs voted by a wide margin to relax restrictions on overseas ownership. The House of Commons approved a government-backed amendment allowing companies based outside the UK to own up to 15% of newspaper businesses, a move framed by…
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