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Peacock’s YouTube Bet Shows Media’s Winners Have Stopped Caring Where the Audience Shows Up
NBCUniversal pairs a newly profitable Peacock with YouTube Premium because it has stopped caring where people watch, while Apartment Therapy’s layoffs show what happens to publishers that never built a way to get paid off their own site.
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Essays
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Governing WordPress AI: How Publishers Can Keep Their Voice
WordPress released an AI plugin that offers fundamental editorial features for publishers but requires extensions to meet specific brand needs.…
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Why Editorial Workflows Are Becoming the Competitive Advantage in 2026
Editorial workflows are the new competitive battleground for publishers. Most editorial work happens outside the CMS, but companies now see…
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Media
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Peacock’s YouTube Bet Shows Media’s Winners Have Stopped Caring Where the Audience Shows Up
NBCUniversal pairs a newly profitable Peacock with YouTube Premium because it has stopped caring where people watch, while Apartment Therapy’s…
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The AP’s Midterm Monopoly Proves the Most Valuable Thing in News Is a Number Nobody Can Fake
Nearly every major newsroom, plus Google and OpenAI, will run on the same AP vote count on election night, while…
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Reddit’s Login Wall Shows the Open Web Is Closing Because AI Stopped Sending Readers Back
Reddit is moving to a logged-in-only experience after its CEO said Google’s AI mode “does not drive traffic, not for…
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WordPress
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October 2026 Developer Roundup: wp_kses() Gets a Real Parser, Responsive Controls Go Public, and Collaboration Steps Off the 7.2 Train
October 16, 2026 — The monthly developer roundup landed two days ago, a little late and in a new, shorter…
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Gutenberg 24.2: Margin Notes, One-Search Navigation, and React 19 Stops Asking Permission
October 16, 2026 — Gutenberg 24.2 shipped October 14 with three threads that each settle a long-running argument: notes now…
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WordPress AI 1.4.0: Markdown Feeds, a Comment Value Score, and the Machine-Readable Front Door Publishers Have to Price
October 6, 2026 — WordPress AI 1.4.0 shipped October 5, and it is the first release in the series that…