Screenshot: Reform UK's leader Nigel Farage hosting his show on GB News News The UK is Europe's 'outlier' in letting politicians present current affairs TV programmes A new Demos report finds the UK is almost alone in Europe in allowing political figures to front news and current affairs shows, with GB News being the prime example By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Courtesy of SPUR Coalition co-founder David Buttle News "AI doesn't adhere to borders": SPUR Coalition adds 40 more members, including global news agencies, hyperlocals and trade specialists The latest cohort ranges from The New York Times and The Atlantic to UK independent Blog Preston and Martin Lewis' Money Saving Expert By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Šimon Kern, Denník N. Republished with permission. News Why Slovakia's Denník N is launching an 'old-fashioned' radio in the age of streaming The publisher has an established podcast audience. But 80 per cent of the country still listen to FM By Marcela Kunova • 4 min read
SPUR Coalition's founding news organisations, screenshot via SPUR website News SPUR Coalition unveils new Content Telemetry Standard: 'AI companies depend on original news, they must come to the table' A new framework aims to create a fairer and more transparent digital news market by asking AI companies to track when news content is retrieved, cited, and used as evidence or reference By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Emma Löfgren, editor and deputy managing editor for The Local Sweden News Engage, explain and empower: The Local Sweden's audience strategy during election season Instead of going on its own assumptions, this publication for foreign residents asked readers to shape their election coverage - and the responses changed everything By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Image generated with DeepAI News Is republishing content worth it? A look at SEO, user needs and syndication amid AI disruption As AI reshapes how audiences find news, republishing and syndication deals are under fresh scrutiny. We look at the SEO risks, the licensing marketplaces stepping in, and why experts warn that borrowed content is no substitute for knowing your own audience By Jacob Granger • 7 min read
Brian Hopman (left) and Conor Molumby (right) News Can a shared "language" for AI tools fix the newsroom's context problem? Newsroom AI tools are smart on their own but clueless together, forcing journalists to do the joining up by hand. AP and Reuters want to change that with a shared standard that lets tools talk across the entire production chain, from newsgathering to publication By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Philippe Kramer, co-founder and publisher, The European Correspondent News "We can't have a lightning strike kill our business": The European Correspondent crowdfunds three years of anti-SLAPP 'insurance' The pan-European newsroom raised €7,000 from readers, providing a defensive measure against powerful players who want to silence reporters through frivolous and expensive lawsuits By Jacob Granger • 5 min read
Screenshots: Sifted Leaderboard (above) and Noon Directory (below) News Leaderboards and directories: How the list format is evolving into a community and revenue driver While Sifted gets startups to part with company data to feature on their list, Noon is giving skilled midlife women the spotlight they deserve By Jacob Granger • 7 min read
Image generated by DeepAI News NCTJ: News employers ask for advanced AI skills from graduates Critical AI prompting, fact-checking, context awareness, and ethical judgement are the new must-have skills for fresh recruits By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Photo by Joey Csunyo / Unsplash News Australian laws to make tech companies pay for news will help, but there are four key problems Australia’s new laws will make major tech companies pay news publishers, but critics warn the scheme favours large media outlets, excludes AI platforms, and leaves small independent newsrooms with little support, highlighting persistent gaps in funding and digital regulation By Sora Park • 4 min read
Image created with AI (Google FX) News Is local news actually hollowing out? We asked the people watching it happen A six-year study of Reach plc has put hard numbers on what many in local news have long suspected: that original, local reporting is being squeezed out of Britain's biggest local newspaper group. We put the findings to an independent hyperlocal, a rival publisher, and Reach itself By Marcela Kunova • 6 min read
