The independent newsletter has gone from media curiosity to standard publishing model in roughly a decade. Substack, Beehiiv, Ghost, and the long tail of newsletter platforms now host outlets that, individually, have audiences smaller than major publications but, in aggregate, ac
The shift is mostly invisible from a comms team's day-to-day, but the data is unambiguous. Google's AI Overviews, which expanded broadly in 2024 and have continued to roll out across query categories, now sit at the top of an enormous share of search result pages. For information
Filed under AI Communications & GEO. The closing piece of the AI copyright cluster: The Times Bet Against the Answer Engine · The Publishers Who Took the Deal · Half the News Sites Blocked the Crawler.
Filed under AI Communications & GEO. The anchor analysis of the litigation path: The Times Bet Against the Answer Engine. The full deal-by-deal accounting: The AI Licensing Tracker.
The New York Times is the most-litigated name in AI copyright. It is also nearly absent from the AI answers its readers now rely on. The two facts are connected — and the second one is the Times' own doing.Filed under AI Communications & GEO. For the full map of AI copyright liti…
University of Central Florida graduates booed a commencement speaker who warned about the impact of AI on their future careers, sparking debate about higher education's role in preparing students for the modern job market.
By the second quarter of 2027, advertisers in major jurisdictions will be required to disclose AI-generated content in their ad creative. The brands using AI tools today have no disclosure framework. The crisis is already on the calendar.
We tracked press mentions across the top 20 identity resolution vendors for the first quarter of 2026. LiveRamp dominated. The rest were functionally invisible. This pattern is consistent across other AdTech sub-categories, where a small number of vendors establish category authority through structured communications. In identity resolution specifically, a trust-dependent category, the communications gap is particularly costly. Buyers evaluate trust through visible markers, and one of the most important visible markers is consistent, substantive press presence.
Retail media is projected to hit $140 billion globally by 2027. Despite this massive growth, the sector suffers from a significant PR vacuum, with most networks lacking dedicated communications infrastructure. This unmet need offers a prime opportunity for early movers to shape the industry narrative and gain a competitive edge.
I've spent twenty-five years pitching reporters. I've watched the industry survive social, mobile, the collapse of print, the rise of influencer, and the platform wars. None of it compares to what's happening right now.