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Hindustan Times builds a new revenue stream with content-to-commerce

HT Digital’s CEO, Puneet Jain, says content-to-commerce helped the company drive Rs 100 crore ($10.9 million) in transactions in just one quarter, highlighting how trusted editorial content can turn audiences into buyers and showing the model’s potential as an additional revenue source for publishers.

OpenAI’s 2026: From ‘answer engine’ to proactive assistant – and what it could mean for publishers

OpenAI is positioning ChatGPT’s next phase as a shift from a reactive tool – one that answers prompts – to a personal super-assistant that understands users deeply, anticipates needs, and helps them take action. And this year, the company is ramping up revenue growth initiatives across the board.

Indonesia’s Tempo Digital aims to reduce bias through transparency and accountability

In a deeply divided world of belief and politics, is unbiased journalism impossible? “I think it’s both a question and a provocation to all of us in the newsroom,” says Wahyu Dhyatmika, CEO of Tempo Digital.

How Ringier’s EqualVoice promotes gender equality in news coverage

Like it or not, we all have our biases. These can be both conscious and unconscious, but they are there. In an effort to offset this, Switzerland’s Ringier Group launched the EqualVoice initiative in 2019.

Mario García on embracing vertical design and mastering AI

2025-12-16. Renowned news design guru Dr. Mario García recently discussed the two major revolutions news organisations are currently facing, and offered some suggestions for addressing them. These twin existential challenges are the shift to mobile-first storytelling and the sudden, disruptive arrival of Artificial Intelligence.

‘The article as we know it is gone’: Norway’s VG charts a radical AI-accelerated future

2025-12-16. Facing the rapid transformation of digital distribution and news industry business models, Norway’s VG is experimenting with a fundamental, AI-driven product reinvention. This major overhaul builds on efforts to establish a more agile structure and a renewed company culture.

Navigating disruption: Stig Ørskov on JP/Politiken and the future of media

2025-12-12. From print decline to AI-driven renewal, Stig Ørskov has guided JP/Politiken through some of the industry’s toughest shifts. As he gets ready to take charge at WAN-IFRA, he offers a grounded, clear-eyed view of where journalism goes next.

Keeping readers close: How the FT’s app became a subscriber retention tool

2025-12-10. A few years ago, the Financial Times took a step back to rethink its mobile-first approach, aiming to drive long-term retention through the app. This involved understanding how news consumption is changing, and why designing experiences for small pockets of time is critical. Today, the FT’s app is its highest engagement channel.

From community connection to AI innovation: 5 keys to local media trust and growth

2025-12-09. WAN-IFRA’s inaugural Local Day brought together local media leaders from across Europe to explore how transparency, community engagement, and artificial intelligence are reshaping the future of local journalism.

Beyond prompting: How Reuters is empowering its staff to harness the AI revolution

2025-12-02. The global news agency is helping its employees improve their AI skills through mandatory AI literacy and structured knowledge-sharing opportunities. Those who embrace learning are seeing striking professional results: “Their careers are changing because they’re using AI.”