Apple weighs nine-figure budget to pay publishers for news in Siri AI
Apple has approached news publishers about a pay-per-use compensation plan for Siri AI, with a reported budget starting at $100 million.
Inside the AI newsroom that beat WIRED to the punch
One-man AI newsrooms like RuntimeWire are publishing scoops in minutes for about $100 a day, raising real questions for publishers.
800 staffers want USA Today Co. to walk away from Palantir
Unionized employees at 31 USA Today Co. newsrooms say the Palantir deal creates a conflict of interest and threatens reader data security.
Anthropic will watermark Claude text output to meet EU transparency rules
Anthropic is adding machine-readable watermarks to Claude-generated text and files as new EU transparency requirements take effect.
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.
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.
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.