Luis Amorim October 03, 2025
Europe’s publishers reimagine ad revenue, shift from ad sales to strategic intelligence
Advertising is being reinvented, not buried. At INMA’s Media Innovation Week in Dublin, European publishers emphasised trust, transparency, data, branded content, and AI as the foundations of transformation. The news industry is shifting from selling inventory to selling intelligence, embedding ethics, cultural relevance, and diversified bundles at the core of advertising’s rebirth.
www.inma.org/blogs/conference/post.cfm/europe-s-publishers-reimagine-ad-revenue-shift-from-ad-sales-to-strategic-intelligence
Media product executives discuss what’s working now
Media product leaders are navigating uncharted territory in 2025, where generative AI is reshaping audience behavior and attention has become the scarcest
www.digitalcontentnext.org/blog/2025/10/02/media-product-executives-discuss-whats-working-now
Perplexity launches AI subscription revenue-share scheme for publishers
AI platform Perplexity has signed up seven US-based and French publishers as launch partners for its Comet Plus subscription.
www.pressgazette.co.uk/news/perplexity-launches-ai-subscription-revenue-share-scheme-for-publishers
Publishers with AI licensing deals have seven times the clickthrough rate
Publishers with OpenAI licensing deals benefit from a ChatGPT clickthrough rate almost seven times higher than those without agreements.
www.pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analysis/publishers-with-ai-licensing-deals-have-seven-times-the-clickthrough-rate
FT Strategies: the path to resilient content in an AI world
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
www.onemanandhisblog.com/2025/09/ft-strategies-the-path-to-resilient-content-in-an-ai-world
Delfi Meedia: making AI a newsroom tool
How can AI really perform for a big publisher in a smaller country? Delfi Media is harnessing it as a back-end tool.
www.onemanandhisblog.com/2025/09/delfi-meedia-making-ai-a-newsroom-tool
New INMA report explores strategies to replace falling social media referrals
In light of social platforms’ policies of deprioritising news content, news companies are focused on building habit, prioritising paywalls, and using those social platforms in different ways.
www.inma.org/blogs/main/post.cfm/new-inma-report-explores-strategies-to-replace-falling-social-media-referrals
Is the website really dying? The PPA’s Mel McVeigh on bringing product thinking to publishers
Mel McVeigh, the PPA's Head of Digital, is leading the Association's push to help publishers embrace a consumer-first and product-oriented mindset. She argues that the future lies in 'liquid content' - stories seamlessly adapted across formats.
www.voices.media/is-the-website-really-dying-the-ppas-mel-mcveigh-on-bringing-product-thinking-to-publishers
unfolded.news - rethinking content architecture | The Audiencers
With a light editorial architecture, unfolded.news helps readers follow stories as they evolve over time, giving more space to context & making better use of the digital archive.
www.theaudiencers.com/unfolded-news-rethinking-the-content-architecture-of-news-websites
Google AI Overviews Impact On Publishers & How To Adapt Into 2026
Organic traffic losses tied to AI Overviews are not temporary fluctuations but indicators of a deeper shift in search economics for publishers and marketers.
www.searchenginejournal.com/impact-of-ai-overviews-how-publishers-need-to-adapt/556843
Google AI Overviews Overlaps Organic Search By 54%
Google AI Overviews increasingly overlaps with organic search results, except for ecommerce.
www.searchenginejournal.com/google-ai-overviews-overlaps-organic-search-by-54/557317
One in five Americans now regularly get news on TikTok, up sharply from 2020
“TikTok is now on par with several other social media sites — including X ... Facebook and Truth Social — in the share of its adult users who regularly get news there"
www.fastcompany.com/91413417/tik-tok-news-twitter-influencer-social-media-pew
Mail Metro Media unveils dedicated social publishers to shape the future of news
At its Upfront & Centre event, the company launched dmg newmedia and creator media, which together offer an...
www.newsworks.org.uk/news-and-opinion/mail-metro-media-unveils-dedicated-social-publishers-to-shape-the-future-of-news
“Hello, world!” The New York Times hopes to take the success of The Morning global with a new newsletter
The Morning is the most popular news newsletter in the world. Now the Times is launching a video-heavy and personality-driven newsletter targeting readers outside the United States.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/hello-world-the-new-york-times-hopes-to-take-the-success-of-the-morning-global-with-a-new-newsletter/#new_tab
Inside The Economist’s plan to grow revenues in a post-search, AI-driven future
The Economist is investing in formats harder for machines to mimic, like video and audio, while holding a hard line against AI licensing.
www.digiday.com/media/inside-the-economists-plan-to-grow-revenues-in-a-post-search-ai-driven-future
The state of subscriber engagement for media and publishing | Inside the tools and tactics driving audience growth and loyalty
Explore how publishers are enhancing subscriber engagement in media using data tools, partnerships and strategies that drive audience growth and loyalty.
www.digiday.com/sponsored/the-state-of-subscriber-engagement-for-media-and-publishing
Why 50% off promotions are killing your subscription revenue | The Audiencers
If you're relying heavily on discounts to drive subscription growth, you might be winning the battle but losing the war. Here's why & what to do about it.
www.theaudiencers.com/the-hidden-cost-of-discount-addiction-why-50-off-promotions-are-killing-your-subscription-revenue
FT says AI-personalised paywall messaging has quadrupled conversion rate
How publishers including Reach and The Independent are - and aren't - using personalisation.
wwwpressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/ft-says-ai-personalised-paywall-messaging-has-tripled-conversion-rate
2025 Outlook Study September Update: A Snapshot of the Latest Ad Spend Trends, Opportunities, and Strategies for Growth
Discover the latest insights from the IAB 2025 Outlook Study: September Update—including revised U.S. ad spend forecasts, tariff impacts, key challenges, and growth opportunities across social, retail media, and CTV to help marketers prepare for 2H 2025.
www.iab.com/insights/2025-outlook-study-september-update-a-snapshot-of-the-latest-ad-spend-trends-opportunities-and-strategies-for-growth
IAB - Standards and Guidelines
IAB AI Use Case Map provides a comprehensive, practical guide to today’s most relevant and emerging AI Applications in advertising.
www.iab.com/guidelines/ai-in-advertising-use-case-map
Should publishers block the AI bots?
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…
www.onemanandhisblog.com/2025/09/should-publishers-block-the-ai-bots
How People Really Use LLMs And What That Means For Publishers
How LLM usage has developed over time tells us a lot about what it means for publishers. The market's expanding, but we have to be better.
www.searchenginejournal.com/how-people-really-use-llms-and-what-that-means-for-publishers/556977
The Economist Insider Video Series Brings Inside Look at Unique Newsroom - A Media Operator
The Economist is famously known for not having bylines. Instead, the magazine’s journalists debate stories until they come to a collective consensus…
www.amediaoperator.com/news/the-economist-insider-video-series-brings-inside-look-at-unique-newsroom
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