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Traffic is dying as a media metric. What comes next is more important

In the AI era, the winners won’t be the publishers with the most clicks. They’ll be the ones that give audiences something algorithms can’t replace.

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Publishers are finally getting serious about AI scraping

After years of fragmented pushback, publishers are beginning to organize around a simple goal—making AI companies pay for access.

12.03.2026 2

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The agent boom is splitting the workforce in two

Agentic AI is creating a divide between builders who shape how work happens and users who must adapt to it.

05.03.2026 10

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AI can write now. What happens to reporters?

If bots can reliably draft copy, ‘something big’ might be happening to the job of a journalist.

26.02.2026 9

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What the ‘AI inflection point’ means for journalism

All the mainstream attention on AI is creating pressure for journalists to increase their output. Here’s what they should do instead.

20.02.2026 9

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Misinformation is scaling. We need to get better at countering it

09.02.2026 10

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How AI is forcing journalists and PR to work smarter, not louder

06.02.2026 3

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OpenAI is chasing advertising dollars. Can publishers cash in, too?

26.01.2026 5

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The agent era is coming. Newsrooms aren’t ready

23.01.2026 7

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Vibe coding is turning reporters into builders, and that’s a good thing for media

12.01.2026 6

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AI isn’t stealing your traffic. It’s stealing your authority

05.01.2026 7

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5 predictions for AI’s growing role in the media in 2026

17.12.2025 6

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AI is killing review sites. Can they fight back?

11.12.2025 8

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10 ways I use AI to be a better journalist

03.12.2025 10

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AI chatbots won’t save the media. But what powers them might

20.11.2025 20

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If AI won’t follow the rules, should the media even try?

13.11.2025 4

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Inside the quiet takeover of local journalism by AI

06.11.2025 8

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OpenAI’s Atlas ushers in the era of AI browsing. Here’s what it means for media

30.10.2025 5

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Media has a trust problem. Could AI be part of the solution?

23.10.2025 5

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Goodbye SEO, hello GEO

16.10.2025 5

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Can AI replace your morning newsletter? OpenAI is betting on it

07.10.2025 5

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AI’s monstrous energy use is becoming a serious PR problem

01.10.2025 4

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Publishers are finally going after Google. What happens now?

24.09.2025 10

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AI scraping is inevitable. Can publishers turn it into revenue?

17.09.2025 3

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Google’s antitrust ruling confirms AI assistants are the new gatekeepers

08.09.2025 20

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Perplexity’s new AI bet: Monetize the bots, pay the publishers

04.09.2025 10

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The gap between AI hype and newsroom reality

25.08.2025 4

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Inside the looming AI-agents war that will redefine the economics of the web

11.08.2025 4

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What the White House Action Plan on AI gets right and wrong about bias

05.08.2025 10

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What content strategy looks like in the age of AI

28.07.2025 10

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How AI browsers like Perplexity Comet will reshape the internet—and the media

21.07.2025 20

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The era of free AI scraping may be coming to an end

14.07.2025 3

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Why the new rulings on AI copyright might actually be good news for publishers

09.07.2025 10

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Inside Wikipedia’s AI revolt—and what it means for the media

01.07.2025 9

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The internet of agents is rising fast, and publishers are nowhere near ready

23.06.2025 10

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Can AI fact-check its own lies?

13.06.2025 6

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Why digital-native publishers like Business Insider are most exposed in the AI era

06.06.2025 3

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The AI search wave is real. Can media survive it?

30.05.2025 6

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How AI could supercharge ‘go direct’ PR, and what the media can do about it

23.05.2025 3

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How AI could sabotage the next generation of journalists

16.05.2025 4

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What ChatGPT’s ‘sycophancy’ failure teaches publishers about AI and trust

09.05.2025 10

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How Ziff Davis’s lawsuit against OpenAI redraws the battle lines with the media

01.05.2025 3

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The next big AI shift in media? Turning news into a two-way conversation

11.04.2025 6

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How AI is steering the media toward a ‘close enough’ standard

04.04.2025 10

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AI is painful for journalists but healthy for journalism

27.03.2025 5

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