Luis Amorim July 25, 2025
How AI browsers like Perplexity Comet will reshape the internet—and the media
The shift from active browsing to AI delegation could transform media, search, and how content is discovered.
www.fastcompany.com/91370139/ai-browsers-perplexity-comet-reshape-internet-media
Google is reportedly pursuing AI licensing deals with news publishers
OpenAI and Perplexity have inked similar licensing deals with media companies.
www.mashable.com/article/google-ai-licensing-deals-news-publishers
To beat the AI squeeze, Newsweek is building revenue beyond traffic
AI hasn’t dented Newsweek traffic. But it’s aiming to cut its reliance on digital ads from 63% to 55% of revenue next year.
www.digiday.com/media/to-beat-the-ai-squeeze-newsweek-is-building-revenue-beyond-traffic
The Verge Launches New Site Features Aimed at Deepening Audience Engagement and Announces New Editorial Newsletters
The site’s users can now follow reporters and topics, and receive a personalized daily email digest.
www.theverge.com/press-room/710921/verge-site-features-launch-newsletters
What Tools Can Newsrooms Use to Evaluate Generative AI Prompts?
A growing list of tools may help you improve your generative AI prompts, but sometimes all you need is a spreadsheet
www.generative-ai-newsroom.com/what-tools-can-newsrooms-use-to-evaluate-generative-ai-prompts-ed682c42c225
Charting myths, debt, and monkey farms: How Kontinentalist is reimagining data journalism in Asia
"In Southeast Asia, data can be quite scarce, and it’s often controlled by people in power."
www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/charting-myths-debt-and-monkey-farms-how-kontinentalist-is-reimagining-data-journalism-in-asia
What is your news topic abandonment rate?
If you only measure views, you won't discover when topics polarize your traffic
www.baekdal.com/newsletter/what-is-your-news-topic-abandonment-rate
Google users are less likely to click on links when an AI summary appears in the results
In a March 2025 analysis, Google users who encountered an AI summary were less likely to click on links to other websites than users who did not see one.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/07/22/google-users-are-less-likely-to-click-on-links-when-an-ai-summary-appears-in-the-results
Validity Of Pew Research On Google AI Search Results Challenged
Pew Research Center's claim that AI Overviews reduce web traffic to publishers may have been based on flawed methodology.
www.searchenginejournal.com/validity-of-pew-research-on-google-ai-search-results-challenged/552055
Google AI summaries start to roll out in Discover in US
AI summaries roll out in Google Discover, posing new threat to publishers who rely on the app for traffic.
www.pressgazette.co.uk/news/google-ai-summaries-start-to-roll-out-in-discover-in-us
Introducing the Google Trends API (alpha): a new way to access Search Trends data | Google Search Central Blog | Google for Developers
www.developers.google.com/search/blog/2025/07/trends-api
Google's June 2025 Update Analysis: What Just Happened?
Google's June update is over. Two interesting changes at Google may partially explain what changed.
www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-june-2025-update-analysis-what-just-happened/551501
Topic-first SEO: The smarter way to scale authority
Say goodbye to surface-level SEO. Here’s how a topic-first mindset drives better long-term results, content systems, and stakeholder buy-in.
www.growth-memo.com/p/topic-first-seo-the-smarter-way-to
The Content Creator's Dilemma: Quality vs. Quantity | RicketyRoo
Explore the tension between producing high volumes of content and delivering high-quality work. This piece should serve as a sharp, honest, and tactical guide for content creators, strategists, and clients stuck in the “more is better” trap.
www.ricketyroo.com/blog/quality-vs-quantity
How to turn registered members into subscribers | The Audiencers
Engagement, visibility and a touch of frustration; here's a list of strategies to successfully convert free members into paying subscribers.
www.theaudiencers.com/how-to-turn-registered-members-into-subscribers
Commoditization 2.0: How Agentic AI Could Undermine The Open Web’s Best Publishers
www.adexchanger.com/the-sell-sider/commoditization-2-0-how-agentic-ai-could-undermine-the-open-webs-best-publishers
Beyond the Page - AI and the Future of Publishing
AI and the Future of Publishing. we explore the transformative role of AI in publishing and discuss the essential strategies
www.integranxt.com/blog/beyond-the-page-ai-and-the-future-of-publishing
Generative AI models love to cite Reuters and Axios, study finds
Muck Rack found that major models cite journalism in nearly half of responses that require "recency."
www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/generative-ai-models-love-to-cite-reuters-and-axios-study-finds