AI information gateway use grows, but audiences still reject AI-made news
A nine-country survey finds 38% used generative AI for information in the past week, but only 12% are comfortable with news made entirely by AI.
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New York Times adds 420,000 digital subscribers in third quarter
The New York Times Company reported 13.8 million subscribers in the third quarter, with digital-only subscription revenue up 14.6% year over year.
Manchester Evening News editor says Google AI summaries hurt local journalism
Manchester Evening News editor Sarah Lester says Google’s AI summaries and the BBC’s local expansion are putting pressure on publishers’ reach and revenue.
Google takes AI Mode ads global as Search growth slows
Google is expanding AI Mode advertising beyond the U.S. as Search revenue growth slows to 12%.
AI is changing which journalists matter to PR
PR teams now measure how often AI cites a reporter's work, and that's an opening for beat journalists and the outlets that back them.
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Publishers finally have AI buyers but no say in the price
A real market for AI inference is forming, with payment rails to match. What publishers still lack is leverage.
Axios says AI is breaking the link economy
Similarweb data cited by Axios shows U.S. web traffic to roughly 100 top news sites fell to 47.6 million visits in August.
AI chatbots beat search engines at spotting foreign propaganda, NPR test finds
NPR and NewsGuard posed 30 propaganda-based questions to six chatbots and four search engines, and the chatbots handled them better.
The New York Times tests AI-generated summaries inside its own site search
The New York Times is testing AI-generated summaries in its own site search, built only from Times journalism, employees told Semafor.
Google puts Top Stories inside AI Overviews, with a catch for publishers
Google now embeds publisher Top Stories carousels inside AI Overviews on 15-17% of trending news searches in the US and UK.