How People Inc. turned bot blocking into a business
People Inc.'s Jonathan Roberts on blocking bots by default, the 18 Napsters of content, and why AI is spending in the wrong place.
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What publishers should get from AI besides money
AI referrals are tiny but valuable, Google is shaky ground, and a licensing check is only half the deal. Bombora's Jaime Schultheis explains.
What 99 AI licensing deals reveal about the future of publishing
Rob Kelly tracks 99 AI licensing deals. What publishers are really selling now, and why OpenAI may settle with the Times.
Can publishers sell ads to bots?
Oasy co-founder Choy Travers on generative engine advertising, the Perplexity cloaking fight, and why licensing deals leave 90 percent of publishers behind.
What TIME learned from a month of selling ads to bots
TIME's COO on agent ads one month in: what advertisers are buying, why the AI stores what it scrapes, and what Perplexity got wrong.
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Who owns your expertise in the age of AI?
AI can absorb an expert’s work, reproduce their ideas, and generate answers based on their knowledge. Onix aims to help experts take back agency in that process.
Tubi brings streaming recommendations into ChatGPT, the first major streamer to do so
Tubi launches a native app inside ChatGPT, letting viewers get personalized show recommendations via @Tubi mentions.
OpenAI acquires TBPN podcast in push to become the industry’s media voice
OpenAI is navigating IPO preparations and policy debates.
When AI changes discovery, who gets paid?
As AI platforms reshape how people get information, publishers need to rethink not just business models, but purpose.
Fake news at machine speed: inside AI’s impact on media trust
Poynter’s Alex Mahadevan explains how newsrooms can use AI without losing the fundamentals of verification, context, and accountability.