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AI Overviews cutting publisher clickthrough rates by 50%, new report finds

New research on AI Overviews has been submitted as part of a legal complaint on its impacts.

By Alice Brooker

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Ladbible launches Betches in UK to talk ‘with, not to’ millennial and Gen Z women

Digital Journalism

Ladbible launches Betches in UK to talk ‘with, not to’ millennial and Gen Z women

Charlotte Tobitt

Cyberattacks target email accounts of senior journalists

Rob Waugh

Tech newsbrand Digital Frontier ‘pauses’ publication with 16-strong team made redundant

Alice Brooker

Sky News expands data and forensics journalism team

Charlotte Tobitt

'Anti-clickbait' Facebook page relaunches after Ladbible complaints led to takedown

‘Anti-clickbait’ Facebook page relaunches after Ladbible complaints led to takedown

Katherine Denkinson and Alice Brooker

Fortune Europe editorial team made redundant but new roles being created

Charlotte Tobitt

Latest News

Who's suing AI and who's signing: Conde Nast and Hearst join NYT to sign Amazon AI deal

Who’s suing AI and who’s signing: Conde Nast and Hearst join NYT to sign Amazon AI deal

Charlotte Tobitt

Google AI Mode goes live in the UK

Google AI Mode goes live in the UK

Charlotte Tobitt

Daily Mail sets 1m digital subscriber target amid major rebrand

Daily Mail sets 1m digital subscriber target amid major rebrand

Charlotte Tobitt

Longstanding Church of England newspaper closes after death of owner

Longstanding Church of England newspaper closes after death of owner

Ellen Ehrlich

The Wire: Job moves | M&A | Rulings

TBIJ promotes Franz Wild to CEO and editor-in-chief

3 days ago

TBIJ promotes Franz Wild to CEO and editor-in-chief

Charlotte Tobitt

News UK COO and ex-Sun editor David Dinsmore to take Govt comms job

3 days ago

News UK COO and ex-Sun editor David Dinsmore to take Govt comms job

PA Media

Partner Content

Data and tech overhaul paved way for Prensa Iberica expansion

Partner content

Data and tech overhaul paved way for Prensa Iberica expansion

Rob Griffin

Outsourcing your content licensing: Five reasons why

Partner content

Outsourcing your content licensing: Five reasons why

Wright's Media

How 20-strong PA Media puzzles team feeds growing publisher demand for brain teasers

Partner content

How 20-strong PA Media puzzles team feeds growing publisher demand for brain teasers

Freddy Mayhew

The most profitable revenue stream some publishers have never heard of

Partner content

The most profitable revenue stream some publishers have never heard of

Dominic Ponsford

Editor's Picks

How Which? is building a long-term subscriber base less reliant on quick washing machine decisions

Charlotte Tobitt

National Newspapers

Inside The Observer’s Salt Path investigation: Legal hurdles, ‘AI’ book and putting new version of paper on the map

Alice Brooker

The Times: From loss-making broadsheet to profit on a tiny screen

National Newspapers

The Times: From loss-making broadsheet to profit on a tiny screen

Dominic Ponsford

How Google AI Overviews is fuelling zero-click searches for top publishers

Charlotte Tobitt

Digital Journalism

Future of Media Awards shortlist highlights best of digital journalism in 2025

Charlotte Tobitt

The PR agency, the publishers and the disappearing lottery winners

The PR agency, the publishers and the disappearing lottery winners

Rob Waugh

Publishers

RAJARs Q2 2025: Times Radio reports record year-on-year growth

RAJARs Q2 2025: Times Radio reports record year-on-year growth

Alice Brooker

2025 journalism job cuts tracked: Fortune and Informa Techtarget both separately cut 10% of workforce

2025 journalism job cuts tracked: Fortune and Informa Techtarget both separately cut 10% of workforce

Charlotte Tobitt

The Times drops free Money Mentor offering in personal finance pivot

The Times drops free Money Mentor offering in personal finance pivot

Alice Brooker and Charlotte Tobitt

Reach to put 'serious focus' on subscriptions but expects to keep most news free

Reach to put ‘serious focus’ on subscriptions but expects to keep most news free

Charlotte Tobitt

Tech Platforms

Third-party scrapers are stealing publisher content to order for AI companies

Third-party scrapers are stealing publisher content to order for AI companies

Rob Waugh

Google AI summaries start to roll out in Discover in US

Google AI summaries start to roll out in Discover in US

Rob Waugh

The Atlantic and The Economist among initial partners for Google 'featured notebooks'

Digital Journalism

The Atlantic and The Economist among initial partners for Google ‘featured notebooks’

Jessica Patterson

Journalist says 4,000 fake AI news websites created to game Google algorithms

Journalist says 4,000 fake AI news websites created to game Google algorithms

Rob Waugh

Comment

Dominic Young

There’s only one way the news industry will win in the AI era: together

Mandy Gardner

Clickbait has become ‘self-perpetuating cycle’ drowning out genuine news

Tini Sevak

Why news is one of the safest places for advertising to go

Richard Reeves

Google’s site reputation abuse policy: the wrong solution to a real problem

Advertising and Marketing

Adblockers stop publishers serving ads to (or even seeing) 1bn web users

Charlotte Tobitt

Gay Times raises £150k from supporters after advertiser diversity backlash

Charlotte Tobitt

Prorata: The generative AI player planning to share revenue with publishers

Prorata: The generative AI player planning to share revenue with publishers

Charlotte Tobitt

From ‘hedged gardens’ to new metrics: How publishers can grow ad revenue

Dominic Ponsford

Google Offerwall explained: Easy way for publishers to test pay-as-you-go and ad-gated access

Richard Headland

Brand safety: Why social is far more risky than news for marketers

Dominic Ponsford

Media Data

Newspaper ABCs: Daily Star and Sunday People move down circulation table

Press Gazette's monthly analysis of ABC national newspaper circulation figures.

By Charlotte Tobitt

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Nick Robinson and Fiona Bruce are top-paid BBC journalists after Huw Edwards exit

Nick Robinson and Fiona Bruce are top-paid BBC journalists after Huw Edwards exit

Charlotte Tobitt

Indian news websites are fastest growers in global English language top 50

Press Gazette

World’s biggest news websites: Japan and Brazil sites top ranking

Dominic Ponsford

Where do UK ‘decision makers’ get their news? Publishers, social media and AI

50 biggest UK news websites in May: Two-thirds see audience growth while half get engagement boost

50 biggest UK news websites in May: Two-thirds see audience growth while half get engagement boost

Press Gazette

Top UK online publishers: X plummets, Reddit surges, news publishers ranked

Charlotte Tobitt

Future of Media US

Reach in the US: 70-strong team is turning a profit with more growth planned

US-based versions of Mirror, Express and Irish Star "washing their own face" within Reach.

By Charlotte Tobitt

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Local news to be integrated into neighbourhood app Nextdoor

Local news to be integrated into neighbourhood app Nextdoor

Alice Brooker

'Streak mechanism' found to be key with Gen Z on gamified news app

‘Streak mechanism’ found to be key with Gen Z on gamified news app

Alice Brooker

Substacker Judd Legum on doing journalism that 'went out of fashion'

Substacker Judd Legum on doing journalism that ‘went out of fashion’

Matt Smith

Making local news pay the Greater Long Island way

Making local news pay the Greater Long Island way

Dominic Ponsford

The Big Interview

Podcasts, paywalls and Apple News fuel growing profitability at Immediate Media

Podcasts, paywalls and Apple News fuel growing profitability at Immediate Media

Dominic Ponsford

President of Canada's Bell Media says FAST news channel growing quickly

President of Canada’s Bell Media says FAST news channel growing quickly

Charlotte Tobitt

Paywall launch was fourth-time lucky for Belfast Telegraph publisher

Paywall launch was fourth-time lucky for Belfast Telegraph publisher

Alice Brooker

Bustle focuses on originality and access as revenue grows 38%

Bustle focuses on originality and access as revenue grows 38%

Charlotte Tobitt

Ex-Mirror editor Alison Phillips on true crime, the future of tabloids and positive news

Ex-Mirror editor Alison Phillips on true crime, the future of tabloids and positive news

Dominic Ponsford

Why the Financial Times has gone long with video

Why the Financial Times has gone long with video

How Express editor Tom Hunt plans to set title up for next 125 years

How Express editor Tom Hunt plans to set title up for next 125 years

Charlotte Tobitt

Tortoise plans for The Observer: 'We can buck the market trend'

Tortoise plans for The Observer: ‘We can buck the market trend’

Charlotte Tobitt

Media Law

Courts to notify journalists of reporting restrictions so they can be challenged

Ellen Ehrlich

Broadcast Journalism

Public service broadcasters need ‘stable’ funding for news and prominence on Youtube, Ofcom finds

Alice Brooker

Afghan data breach super injunction 'deeply disturbing' for press freedom, says Lewis Goodall

Afghan data breach super injunction ‘deeply disturbing’ for press freedom, says Lewis Goodall

Alice Brooker

Prince Harry lawyers told to disclose details of payments to witnesses in Mail trial

Dominic Ponsford

Former Guardian blogger alarmed that work included in OpenAI deal

Rob Waugh

Charlie Elphicke's legal bill cut after Sunday Times libel battle

Charlie Elphicke’s legal bill cut after Sunday Times libel battle

PA Media and Press Gazette

Promoted Solutions

The publishing platform for media companies: Glide

Partner content

The publishing platform for media companies: Glide

Press Gazette

SWNS at 50: 'Culture of excellence' behind success of biggest independent UK news agency

Partner content

SWNS at 50: ‘Culture of excellence’ behind success of biggest independent UK news agency

Bron Maher

New technology from EX.CO helps publishers double on-site video revenue

Partner content

New technology from EX.CO helps publishers double on-site video revenue

Dominic Ponsford

Impress: Regulation, arbitration and complaints resolution

Partner content

Impress: Regulation, arbitration and complaints resolution

Impress

Latest Podcasts

Podcast 91: Video masterclass with PA Media's Joe Pickover

Podcast 91: Video masterclass with PA Media’s Joe Pickover

Press Gazette

Podcast 90: Death of the website, the never-ending pivot to video and why Dom loves Substack

Podcast 90: Death of the website, the never-ending pivot to video and why Dom loves Substack

Press Gazette

Podcast 89: Alison Phillips on crime, tabloids and positive news

Podcast 89: Alison Phillips on crime, tabloids and positive news

Press Gazette

Podcast 88: Making political news pay the Politico way

Podcast 88: Making political news pay the Politico way

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