Weekly Digest, Issue #177, 14 June 2026
The overwhelming majority of AI citations (approximately 84%) come from earned media. Paid and advertorial content is virtually non-existent in the citation ecosystem, accounting for a mere 0.3% of links.
The overwhelming majority of AI citations (approximately 84%) come from earned media. Paid and advertorial content is virtually non-existent in the citation ecosystem, accounting for a mere 0.3% of links.
Stop trying to be an "AI company". The future belongs to "OI companies" that treat first-hand origination as their primary asset and use AI merely as a tool to scale it.
Mather Economics data challenge the notion that platform disruption (e.g., changes in social media or search algorithms) is the sole cause of audience decline.
Why asking whether AI is better at our jobs than us is misleading: Shifting our view from thinking in terms of tasks to thinking in terms of systems
The Reuters Institute's DRN report identifies 2026 as a milestone year in which pathways between journalism and the public have become less direct and more fragmented. Audiences are increasingly drifting away from "owned and operated" branded properties.