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Useful links and reading from the interwebs for today, April 1st. 100% April Fools free, guaranteed. | Continue reading
It's money. It's always money. | Continue reading
Both the video and a recreation of a watch page from the mid-2000s are on display. | Continue reading
Disinformation is undermining our democracies. Can we bolster them with media literacy or with a revitalised local news sector? A panel at the UK Media Freedom Forum discussed… | Continue reading
Online harassment of female reporters is fuelling a rise in physical attacks, according to research presented by Professor Julie Posetti | Continue reading
Democratic backsliding and the decline of journalism are connected. A panel at the Media Freedom Forum discussed how one can save the other. | Continue reading
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The best tune is the sound of punctured pomposity | Continue reading
“Community” and ”Audience” are not synonyms. If you want to turn the latter into the former, there are some key skills you need. | Continue reading
Three fabulous podcast episodes that are well worth your time. | Continue reading
The crumbling edifice of traditional media means the growth of emerging media is more important than ever. | Continue reading
And an audience is not a tribal fanbase. | Continue reading
In the rush to “keep up” with emerging technology, some publishers are missing the real opportunity | Continue reading
A round-up of stories to inform your work - and a pledge to stay reverse centaur-free. Really. | Continue reading
What caught your eye and kept you reading in 2025? | Continue reading
Face it: nobody's going to be selling prints of ChatGPT's best cartoons… | Continue reading
Insights into audience development, newsletter strategy, and just how much bigger than us Facebook is. | Continue reading
Can you really “cheat” the LinkedIn algorithm by hiding links in comments? Or is there something else at work? | Continue reading
Plus Meta's alleged killing of harmful research, and AI workers' worries about their own product | Continue reading
Yes, AI matters to journalism – but can we talk about other things, too, please? | Continue reading
Emily Mailtlis interviews Dr Ayala Panievsky on how journalists counter the tools populist politicians use to control the narrative | Continue reading
It's my 24th anniversary as a blogger. | Continue reading
Somewhere between AI Boosterism and Doomerism, there's a realistic path to be navigated. | Continue reading
Yet we wouldn't realise how much for two decades | Continue reading
Turning to AI to write stories will not save smaller outlets | Continue reading
It's an Addition to what I normally do | Continue reading
Curated read for paying members of OM&HB. And curated with love and thanks. | Continue reading
If you're still stuck in the “it's all kids dancing” mindset, you're slipping way behind the times… | Continue reading
A call for us to stop letting the tech companies define our work, and reset our focus on the audiences we need to survive | Continue reading
But it’s not their fault. Well, not entirely. | Continue reading
Three stories worth your time, in the shifting sands of modern publishing | Continue reading
They sure aren't wedded to print any more. | Continue reading
It's time to take a long, hard look at your content, and work out what's valuable, and what's going to be killed by AI, says the FT Strategies team | Continue reading
How do publishers fight back against the bots stealing our content, and then. stealing our traffic with their products built on our work? A panel at the Future of Media Technology had some ideas… | Continue reading
How can AI really perform for a big publisher in a smaller country? Delfi Media is harnessing it as a back-end tool. | Continue reading
How can publishers respond to AI killing their traffic? Focus less on algorithms and more on audiences – and put community back at the heart of their journalism | Continue reading
Some quick points of interest from Mediahuis Ireland's five year subs journey | Continue reading
We just keep pivoting to video – because it's a vital part of your content mix. But how do you get it right? | Continue reading
O'Reilly Media has been working with Miso AI to deliver an LLM-based discovery system, that helps their users find their way to a content steak, not AI hamburger… | Continue reading
How Alma Media kickstarted subs growth with an AI-infused paywall. | Continue reading
Is first party data critical to unloicking new revenue – and new editorial products? | Continue reading
The man in charge of the Washington Post's tech platform thinks Ai can create the right user experiences to attract young people | Continue reading
Luke Bradley Jones on why The Economist is less exposed to Ai risk than many, how they're preparing anyway – and why they're on Substack | Continue reading
AI techbro hypocrisy and troubling moves at the “for sale“ newspaper. | Continue reading
Quick links in and around journalism from the interwebs, annotated for your reding pleasure. | Continue reading
It's now the “job” I've been doing longest | Continue reading
The new version of the CMS gets social and analytical… | Continue reading