A TollBit analysis of 160 websites on its content licensing service finds AI search engines drive 96% less referral traffic than Google Search
AI companies promised publishers their AI search engines would send them more readers via referral traffic. New data shows that's not the case.
How Substack is betting on politics content and recruiting stars like Nate Silver, as profits remain elusive; sources: Elon Musk sought to buy it in April 2023
The newsletter start-up, which once drew an overture from Elon Musk, is betting on politics content and recruiting stars.
How some news accounts on Instagram, including Mo News and Jessica Yellin, are gaining popularity even as the platform tries de-emphasizing political content
In this year's presidential election, more people are turning to Instagram for news, even as the platform tries de-emphasizing “political content.” X: @katie_robertson , @baekdal ,...
Sports Illustrated publisher Arena Group is working with AI startups Jasper and Nota to help produce articles from its own content library and pitch journalists
An analysis of 68 news domains: 45 ranked worse in UK Google search results in January 2023 vs. January 2022; those with non-news content saw the biggest gains
https://guardian.com/ lost the most visibility points over the year (125) - a relative fall of 36% as its score dropped from 351 to 266. https://pressgazette.co.uk/...
CoinDesk retains Lazard investment bankers to help the outlet explore its options, including a partial or full sale, after “numerous” indications of interest
Company has ‘received numerous inbound indications of interest,’ CEO Kevin Worth says
Insider Intelligence: Google will capture 28.8% of US digital ad revenue in 2022 and Meta will grab 19.6%, for a combined 48.4%, down from a 54.7% peak in 2017
Sara Fischer / Axios :
Source: Meta plans to end human curation of its UK Facebook News tab, contracted to a team of ~15 journalists at Upday, and switch to an AI system in early 2023
William Turvill / Press Gazette :
Parler agrees to be acquired by Ye, formerly Kanye West, to create “an uncancelable ecosystem where all voices are welcome”; the deal is set to close in Q4 2022
and will also sign up to Truth Social Clare Duffy / CNN : Kanye West's biggest challenge with owning Parler may come from Elon Musk Anousha Sakoui / Los Angeles Times : What to kno...
Parler says it has agreed to be acquired by Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, to create an “uncancelable ecosystem”, with the deal expected to close in Q4 2022
Kanye West, the musician also known as Ye, is buying Parler, a social media platform that styles itself as a “free speech” alternative to Twitter.
Similarweb: The New York Times grew website visitors 52% YoY to 524.6M in May 2022, helped by Wordle, making the NYT the world's fastest growing top news site
Aisha Majid / Press Gazette : Tweets: @neomythos , @earleyedition , @adebradley , and @pressgazette See also Mediagazer Tweets: Vinay Shukla / @neomythos : Are they playing Wordle...
Analysis: news publishers raised nearly $12M from selling NFTs since March 2021; Time Magazine earned the most with $10M+ and The New York Times made $560K
News publishers analysed by Press Gazette have sold nearly $12m (£9m) worth of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) since March 2021. Tweets: @pressgazette and @pressgazette See also Mediaga...
Analysis: news publishers raised nearly $12M from selling NFTs since March 2021; Time Magazine earned the most with $10M+ and The New York Times made $560K
News publishers analysed by Press Gazette have sold nearly $12m (£9m) worth of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) since March 2021. Tweets: @pressgazette and @pressgazette See also Mediaga...
Tech execs may face criminal prosecution or jail time for not abiding by Ofcom's decisions two months after the UK's Online Safety Bill passes and takes effect
Executives from Facebook parent Meta Platforms, TikTok and other big tech companies would face the prospect of jail time under sweeping …
Interview with Australia's communications minister Paul Fletcher on the efficacy of the country's year-old news bargaining code with Google and Meta
Morgan Meaker / Wired : Tweets: @wired , @pressgazette , @bitech , and @michellemanafy Tweets: @wired : Countries are looking at Australia's media code as a blueprint for forcing ...
France fines Google $593M for failing to comply with a 2020 order to negotiate in good faith with publishers for displaying article snippets in Google News
Facebook rolls out Live Audio Rooms, available to verified public figures and select Groups, and its podcast service, available to select partners, in the US
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Facebook rolls out Live Audio Rooms, available to verified public figures and select Groups, and its podcast service, available to select partners, in the US
In April, Facebook announced a series of planned investments in new audio products, including a Clubhouse live audio competitor as well as new support for podcasts.
Apple's changes to notifications on phones and the addition of Mail Privacy Protection could hurt publishers, including solo newsletter publishers on Substack
A jam-packed, if muted, WWDC 2021 — I sat on it for a day. Kimberly Huang / Litmus : Email Client Market Share in May 2021: The Recovery of Mobile and More David Nield / Wired : ...
Ad-supported and subscription-only newsletters both have ways to understand audiences without the tracking pixels blocked by Apple's Mail Privacy Protection
How Mail Protection Privacy will force the email economy to adapt — Today, let's talk about one of Apple's many announcements …