Scripps cuts 12% of staff in bid to become AI-powered news company
E.W. Scripps eliminated 432 positions this year as CEO Adam Symson pushes automation and centralization across its local TV stations.
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The rise of the AI newsreader: ElevenLabs eyes $22 billion valuation
Major newsrooms now use synthetic voices to read articles aloud, and about 20 percent of New Yorker subscribers listen to narrated stories.
Time starts selling ad space that only bots can see
Time is selling ads made for AI crawlers instead of people, and the model raises as many questions as it answers about disclosure and trust.
USA Today Co. hires Palantir to mine audience data as search traffic drops
USA Today Co. will use Palantir's AI platform to convert anonymous readers into known, monetizable first-party relationships as search referrals decline.
Media buyers debate whether ads can sway AI search
Publishers are selling ads formatted for AI agents to read, but media buyers disagree on whether the tactic actually works.
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AI won’t replace Creators. It will replace the work they hate.
What if the future of AI in media isn't replacing storytellers, but giving them better tools to tell better stories?
News Corp’s Thomson vows more AI lawsuits, calls out Perplexity and Brave
News Corp CEO Robert Thomson threatened new legal action against AI firms and their customers over scraped content.
New York Times leans into video as search declines
The Times added 280,000 digital subscribers in Q2 2026, down from Q1, as CEO Meredith Kopit Levien blames declining search and touts video bets.
Cloudflare gives brands a new way to measure AI visibility
Cloudflare is giving marketers a new way to track whether AI assistants cite, mention or recommend their websites as AI search becomes a bigger source of discovery.
Adobe brings Photoshop, Premiere and other creative tools into ChatGPT
Adobe’s new ChatGPT plugin puts Photoshop, Firefly, Premiere and dozens of other creative tools directly inside the AI chatbot.