Here are some of the best media stories our team has read so far this week: The Guardian | Revealed: FCC chair Brendan Carr’s close ties to White House ...

Media success used to be all about traffic, unique users and clicks. Now the focus for any sustainable business must be on relationships, loyalty and ...

A busy comment section can look like proof that a story connected with readers. But new research complicates that picture: data-rich stories tend to draw ...

News organizations worldwide are adjusting their operational approaches in response to external shifts and internal dynamics. Reuters Institute’s annual report, Changing Newsrooms, explores these ...

The biggest move in the market this past year wasn't a bigger budget, it was a better bet. And for the platforms and publishers competing for that budget, ...

Vertical video has broken free of social platforms: here’s how publishers are bringing the format onto their own properties to build direct audience habits. For as long as vertically-oriented video ...

Platforms centralize distribution, pricing, and data in digital media, complicating how value is created and captured meaning that copyright functions as an economic tool not just a legacy legal ...

AI offers a range of tools and tactics to help media companies attract news audiences and better engage the ones they have In today’s rapidly evolving media landscape, publishers and broadcasters are ...

For decades, advertising was the primary source of income for media companies. However, the digital age has forced publishers to rapidly reassess their revenue mix as advertising monies increasingly ...

The evolution of the podcast industry is nothing short of remarkable. Once a niche hobby, podcasting has become a mainstay format in the media landscape, driving entertainment, engagement, and brand ...

UK newsrooms now treat AI as standard equipment. More than half of UK journalists use AI at least weekly, and more than a quarter of them use it daily. Language-processing tasks dominate AI usage.

DCN member data, which echoes Pew Research, shows what Google won’t admit: AI overviews siphon attention, erode publisher traffic, and harm the open web’s promise of discovery. The numbers are in – ...