AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoCNN Shake-Up: Christiane Amanpour is leaving after 43 years, as CNN enters a new era under Skydance-owned Paramount following its $81 billion Warner Bros. Discovery deal. AI and Publishers: Canadian news publishers have sued Anthropic over alleged copyright infringement, while Meta revised terms after publisher backlash over content scraping. A new study found 70% of Canadian news sites block at least one AI crawler, highlighting the fight over how publishers’ work is used and discovered. Newsroom Strategy: Publishers are adopting AI to speed up journalism but remain wary of betting on it as a business model; others are looking to archives and creator-led ventures to compete for audiences. Local Media: UC Berkeley journalism students have launched Emeryville Today to fill a local reporting gap, while Getty Images and Lee Enterprises are expanding access to local editorial photography and video. Ad Revenue: Taboola and Adnimation say their partnership can lift publisher ad revenue by 32%, as outlets explore new commercial models.
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