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A toothless court and a Prince among thieves - publishing's mixed week fails to dispel the mists of uncertainty
As Google dodges an antitrust bullet, Cloudflare's CEO envisions a new dawn for content creators.
Sep 4, 2025
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Why AI content marketplaces are the future
A US body is formulating a content marketplace framework in which AI companies can pay a fair price for fair use.
Aug 21, 2025
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Newsroom AI - where the rubber meets the road
A broken new tech is as much use as a car with square tyres. A newsroom dispute shows new risks we have to get used to.
Aug 14, 2025
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Publishing has been defending for too long - it's time to go on the attack
It's always darkest before the dawn, and that means current predictions about the future of content are still informed by the dark. We think the dawn is imminent.
Aug 7, 2025
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Virtual insanity: UK edition
An attempt to restrict access to harmful material on the internet and protect children is back-firing in Britain
Jul 31, 2025
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Trump says he favours a "common sense" approach to copyright
In a speech to an appreciative audience of tech industry leaders, the US president went off script to reveal some of his thinking on copyright and AI
Jul 24, 2025
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Are Facebook slop cops just there to fatten up the content pig?
"Unoriginal" content is to be purged under new Facebook rules. Is this altruism, or another step in taking more than it gets from creators?
Jul 17, 2025
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Is the Google AI goose about to be served up for dinner?
Legal issues and threats from rival services are mounting for everyone's favourite search giant. Our man Rob has a gander at what vexes Google next.
Jul 10, 2025
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How to confound AI crawlers? Feed them on a diet of their own work
Cloudflare's CEO has unveiled an ingenious tool to help publishers keep their sites AI crawler-free
Jun 26, 2025
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Up close with the future of media, as the public wants it
What does the annual epic Reuters Institute Digital News Report say about how audiences perceive trust in news media, and is it wrong?
Jun 19, 2025
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Only a bad AI fisherman needs a giant net
In a nascent industry of supposed agility and innovation, Big AI already looks like a bloated monopoly ripe for disruption.
Jun 12, 2025
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Never mind the big whales of AI, the little fish are stealing your work too
The giants of AI have all our attention when it comes to dealing with content theft, but it's the micro factories of plagiarism and theft who are arguably doing more damage today.
Jun 5, 2025