AI
OpenAI is paying Axel Springer for its content
The German publishing giant has inked a deal with OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT
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Threads
How to accidentally create a competitor
What’s to stop a bunch of people you just laid off from launching a competitor? Almost nothing, it turns out…
publishing strategy
Why DC Thompson is putting communities at the heart of its business
Scottish publisher DC Thompson is rethinking its strategy around communities, becoming both a member of them, but also a source of expertise on them they can sell to others.
Publishing
This is how the future media ecosystem will look
The death of Buzzfeed News and the bankrupty of Vice make it clear how the new media ecosystem is developing: it's surprisingly… nautical?
Social Media
Media’s no good, very bad week
More proof that VC funding and journalism are poor bedfellows — and that you should never trust a social media platform.
business models
The Canary becomes a flock: left-wing site reforms as a workers’ co-operative
The politics site's former management is gone, and the staff are now collectively running the title. Can they align their business model with their values?
The Times
Why the Streisand effect could hit The Times’s bottom line
The Times pulling a story about the prime minister shows a strange mix of deference to authority, and a disregard for its paying members. And that could be bad for subs numbers.
news:rewired
Subscriber revenue: what's the future — and the limit?
How do you win an audience. convert them to subscribers — and retain them in tough economic times? A news:rewired panel explores past sucesses and future strategies.
Video
I miss deadlines. Would you?
Some thoughts on B2B newsletters, the endless pivot to video, and Substack's growing moat.