With the open-web advertising model under pressure, publishers are rethinking where quality inventory and engaged audiences can be built. Apps are increasingly part of that answer, offering deeper relationships, stronger first-party signals and more control over the user experience. more

Over the past few months Indigo Trigger has been working with sales and operational leadership at the Tampa Bay Times to incrementally improve how the newspaper's teams will leverage a newly deployed HubSpot CRM and ensure alignment with the existing Stratica order management system. more

The Associated Press recently released updated newsroom standards outlining the circumstances in which artificial intelligence may be used in journalism — and when it should be avoided altogether. At Brandpoint Content, these standards validate the principles that have guided our work for three decades. more

In the second quarter of 2026, Dirks, Van Essen & April tracked 20 announced transactions involving 40 publications across 16 states, reflecting another active period for newspaper and local media ownership transitions. more

Would you like to make sure you cover all votes in the State Assembly and Senate? United Robots now offers BillTracker, a new data service which provides local news publishers with regular updates on how all locally elected representatives and senators vote at the State Capitol. more

Reuters has announced the launch of a new live video transcription feature on the Reuters Connect platform, providing Reuters News Agency customers with AI-generated, time-coded English-language transcripts of live events as they happen. more

Metro Creative Graphics is helping local newspapers commemorate the 25th anniversary of 9/11 with ready-to-publish content and a fully templated 24-page “Remembering 9/11” special section. The section can be customized with local stories, advertising and recognition of first responders, creating a meaningful community tribute. more

Most newspaper paywalls are client-side. The full article loads in the browser, then JavaScript hides it and asks the reader to subscribe. For humans, that gating process works. For AI crawlers, it doesn't — they pull the raw HTML without running any scripts, so they see everything. Your premium content is sitting in the page source for any bot that requests it. more

PopMount turns recognition into opportunity. For more than 25 years, we've been helping publications and media companies extend the excitement beyond the winners’ announcement with premium awards, branded products and fully managed ecommerce stores — and helping you generate additional revenue with minimal effort. more

The Center Square has launched a new website designed to make it easier for donors, publishers and the public to understand and support its work as an open-access nonprofit newswire focused on government accountability from the taxpayer’s perspective. The new website can be found at thecentersquare.org. more

DataDesk is a new AI-powered newsroom service designed to help local journalists uncover stories and useful information hidden in public data. By monitoring sources such as government decisions, building permits, court filings and restaurant inspections, DataDesk aims to alert newsrooms to noteworthy developments, freeing journalists to spend more time reporting, talking with sources and producing unique local journalism. more

As AI search reshapes the value of news content, local publishers have a powerful asset hiding in plain sight: decades of unique, deeply contextualized journalism. By transforming fragmented, unstructured archives into accessible, organized data, newspapers can make their content more valuable to AI platforms and unlock new revenue opportunities through licensing, syndication and B2B partnerships. more

Every news media executive should be asking themselves one defining question right now: When I finally scale my video operation, how will I choose the right technology partner to power success? This is not a decision to take lightly — yet it’s one even the biggest news media publishers struggle with. more

Most loyal readers will never become subscribers, leaving publishers with a significant monetization gap. Traditional strategies — serving more ads or repeatedly pushing subscription offers — deliver diminishing returns and can hurt the user experience. The challenge is finding new ways to generate revenue from highly engaged audiences who value the content but have chosen not to pay for it. more

Atex has announced a new partnership with Stacker, a U.S.-based content distribution platform known for delivering high-quality, journalist-vetted stories from trusted newsrooms and brands. Through this collaboration, Atex customers gain complimentary access to a library of over 10,000 ready-to-publish articles — all fact-checked, professionally sourced and free of AI-generated content. more

Newspapers must stop relying almost exclusively on advertising revenue and instead expand into a broader range of business services. By leveraging their trusted local relationships, sales expertise and new AI-powered capabilities, publishers can help small businesses with challenges such as sales, finance, HR and operations — opening far larger revenue opportunities. more

Time-to-creative — the gap between an advertiser's commitment and seeing a proof — is an overlooked revenue metric. Publishers that shrink this window from days to minutes with AI and human expertise close more deals, strengthen advertiser confidence and gain a competitive edge. more

The nine newspapers owned by Cookson Hills Publishers in Oklahoma are the first in the country to launch a new innovative way for readers to access online content without a subscription. more

Reuters announced the launch of its Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, a new AI-native integration designed to power agentic workflows for Reuters News Agency customers. The Reuters MCP server enables organizations to programmatically access and integrate Reuters trusted news within their existing platforms. more

The multi-phase project is designed to modernize Northstar’s commercial operations by improving visibility, automating key workflows and giving teams a more connected, intuitive platform to manage customer relationships and revenue opportunities. more