News UK finds one in five website visits came from bots
News UK CTO Tom Jackson said about 20% of traffic over six months was non-human, with 6% of total traffic blocked as malicious bots.
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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.
New York Post launches Hamilton AI chatbot in effort to retain readers
The New York Post is rolling out an AI personalization suite named Hamilton, built on Google Cloud, across its Android and iOS apps.
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.
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Citing trusted news brands increases confidence in AI responses, UK Ipsos survey finds
A UK Ipsos survey for AOP finds that trust in cited news brands strongly shapes trust in AI-generated answers.
News Corp countersues Brave over alleged AI scraping of WSJ and Post articles
News Corp accused search company Brave of flagrant theft in reselling copyrighted articles to AI firms, escalating a dispute Brave started in 2025.
Perplexity says News Corp tried to bait its chatbot into copyright infringement
Perplexity is fighting back in the Dow Jones copyright case — accusing publishers of using deceptive prompts to manufacture evidence of infringement.
Five ways AI will reshape the media in 2026
As AI adoption accelerates, publishers face a volatile mix of legal battles, product bets, and renewed pressure to prove what only humans can do.