Hollywood backs NYT in AI copyright fight with OpenAI and Microsoft axios.com/2026/11/03/hol…

How The NYT Reviewed 7 Million Words Uttered by Trump
Two Times journalists, blending A.I. analysis and traditional reporting, evaluated public speeches to spot trends.
nytimes.com/2026/11/02/ins…

Why Peacock is making a huge bet on YouTube
NBCU Media Group chairman Matt Strauss on sports, streaming, and keeping you watching.
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The CEO of Pathos Communications said publishers are a safe bet in the world that AI is creating, labelling AI an “accidental foe, but an inevitable friend” to the news media industry, which will reap the rewards of trustworthy content through journalism.
pressgazette.co.uk/publishing-ser…

New York Times and other outlets sue web browser Brave over alleged content scraping
The suit also targets a Brave browser feature that bypasses paywalls and the company’s practice of blocking publishers’ ads while selling its own.
techcrunch.com/2026/11/02/new…

‘They hold us hostage’: Publishers furious over terms change still can’t quit Facebook
Publishers are pushing back against Meta’s AI scraping terms, testing their leverage over a platform they still rely on.
digiday.com/media/they-hol…

Fox-Roku deal poised to clear Justice Department scrutiny under consent decree
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Overall, 62% of U.S. adults say they have a lot of or some trust in the information they get from national news organizations, a share that’s up 6 percentage points since September 2025 but still lower than a decade ago.
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People Inc. is building custom APIs to make its journalism easier for AI agents to use
digiday.com/media/people-i…

Google search loses its free pass with buyers
Google search was the line item buyers never questioned. That’s changing.
digiday.com/marketing/goog…

Inside SiriusXM’s Growing Podcast Empire: MrBallen, Alex Cooper And YouTube
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Judge ends Trump's attempts to sue Wall Street Journal over Epstein reporting
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AI content retrieval ‘already eating away’ at publisher businesses, court told
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OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic say they will adopt a new standard that publishers can use to opt out of being scraped by AI. theverge.com/tech/1023763/o…

Digital Content Next has revealed survey data from its members which includes:
- Unique visitors down 26% in 2023 to 2025 (after AI tools arrived)
- PVs down 18%
- Minutes spent down 11%

It also shows the impact this is having on advertising and overall revenue

Reddit says it has to cut back access to ‘Old Reddit’ because of AI bots
theverge.com/tech/1002788/o…

UK's CMA opens investigation into Meta's terms for publishers and advertisers
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Only 32% of Americans have high confidence that news orgs will report midterm election results accurately, survey finds niemanlab.org/2026/10/only-3…

Reddit Is Going Login Only. Blame Google.
Starting in Q4, Reddit will test logged-in-only mode to protect its user engagement, improve ad targeting and keep AI from scraping its content
adexchanger.com/platforms/redd…

Meta Faces U.K. Antitrust Probe Over Publisher Content Use
The planned changes—which were meant to start today—would have allowed the company to collect content from the websites to power its products such as AI tools.
wsj.com/tech/meta-face…