Google is racing Microsoft to transform search with AI chat tools. What does this mean for your traffic?

It’s time to re-evaluate LinkedIn, Google is about to transform itself with AI and why has the NYT suddenly got so self-obsessed?

One toxic site is up, when everyone is telling you it's down, and another one has found its way back to the grave. Plus news from Mastodon and Twitter.

The important figures The Times omitted, evidence of real name toxicity and more feedback from readers

The results of The Times’s experiment in enforcing real names in comments look promising, and the EU starts looking warily at TikTok.

Buzzfeed's quizzes just read like they're generated by AIs at the moment. But in the future — they will be. At least we can still write newsletters.

Some links, mainly for MA Interactive Journalism students on the Audience Strategy module…

Plus some explanation of why social platforms go bad, and how the FT’s Mastodon experiment died.

Question and feedback from readers on newsletters, AI, local journalism and TikTok.

It's time to stop clinging to the publishing wisdom of the past. And the decline in new podcasts is not the bad news it looks on the surface.

As if Monday couldn’t get any worse, here’s a video interview with me about newsletters…

Then story of what went on inside Twitter after the Musk takeover, CNET’s AI teething issues and… journalist Barbie?

Will Google see Ai copy as spam? Is the Fediverse more than Mastodon? Do newsletters need a clear value proposition? All these questions violate Betteridge's Law…

Reach finally hits on the right strategy for local audiences - and Elon Musk continues to wreak havoc on the the Twitter ecosystem

The robots! They're writing! Do you hear me? THEY'RE WRITING OUR STORIES!

Beware emails offering free posts. The cost might be much higher than you think…

Revue will be dead by the middle of January. You only have a few days left to migrate your newsletter. Here's three great choices for you.

Twitter is rapidly becoming Elon Musk’s personal plaything. Dissenting opinions on its management are not required.