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SODP Dispatch - 27 August 2026
Complaints about online platforms often go nowhere. AI could actually be part of the solution, Own your data stack: a publisher's guide to first-party analytics, Is top-of-funnel content still worth it in 2027?, Publisher revenue dinner Miami 2026, Publisher Ad revenue news: how CTV and FAST are reshaping monetization + more
SODP Dispatch - 20 August 2026
New laws to make tech companies pay for news will help, but there are 4 key problems, The Ai citation controls publishers have and aren't using, News Corp Australia leans into print history for digital retention success, Publisher revenue dinner Miami 2026, Google’s new AI tool helps fact-checkers investigate AI fakes + more
SODP Dispatch - 13 August 2026
Leading media outlets are charting different paths for its use, as AI reshapes newsrooms, Bot traffic is not a revenue line. It is a negotiating position, Google tests replacing Sponsored Store with Featured Store in SERP, Publisher revenue dinner Miami 2026, AI’s value in a news company should be measured in these 4 ways + more
SODP Dispatch - 6 August 2026
The same regulator that counts 2,864 Australian news outlets would fund fewer than 100, The four questions AI shortlists are really answering, and why brands can only handle one, Free publisher tools, AI can knock on the door. Your CRM marketing platform is still the house, Publisher revenue dinner Miami 2026 + more
SODP Dispatch - 30 July 2026
What is open‐source AI? A software engineering researcher explains, What AI-native newsrooms understand about tools that most publishers still don't, Despite concerns about AI Overviews, some nonprofit news outlets see a surge in search traffic, Benchmark Grid, Google on SEO impact of URLs injected by CMS platforms + more
SODP Dispatch - 23 July 2026
Why an EU ruling about a traffic app could have major implications for big tech companies, Shoppable content is more than a trend, Reddit and USA Today face Google exit as search traffic drops 28%, Publisher Revenue Dinner Miami 2026, YouTube explains what can stop a channel getting paid + more
SODP Dispatch - 16 July 2026
An AI lab says chatbots have what may be a key feature of consciousness. Are they right? And what now?, The new measurement framework every publisher needs for AI search, The future is liquid in the AI era, with some delightful exceptions, Publisher Revenue Dinner Miami 2026, Google Says No SEO Penalty For Year-Long A/B Tests? + more
SODP Dispatch - 9 July 2026
ABC will trial using AI for journalism. What are the risks and benefits?, Discovery-led content strategy through decoding Google Discover, Agentic AI will save local media: Generative AI was useful; agentic AI is game-changing, Publisher Revenue Dinner Miami 2026, AI doesn’t want your Web site + more
SODP Dispatch -2 July 2026
Domain traffic monetization in 2026 and beyond, The vertical AI opportunity publishers are missing, How Deutsche Welle builds audience strategy across 30-plus languages, LiveRamp × OpenAI, Why are audiences going to AI answer engines for news? + more
SODP Dispatch -25 June 2026
Content creator jobs: What it takes to work in food, makeup, and gaming, Why interactive content is now a publisher's best strategy, Media organisations must teach AI editorial conventions, SODP London Dinner, Why continuous learning is now part of search performance + more
SODP Dispatch -18 June 2026
Forecasting the future: how can publishers thrive in the AI search era?, The paywall dilemma: weighing the pros and cons for publishers, The paywall dilemma: weighing the pros and cons for publishers, News sites are the new newspapers: People are abandoning them for social media, SODP London Dinner, CoreMedia review 2026 + more
SODP Dispatch -11 June 2026
How Nation Media Group built a short-video newsroom that competes with entertainment, What publishers are getting wrong about AI licensing, As the trust economy emerges, social media measurements must evolve, SODP San Francisco Study Tour 2026, Europe's news has an experience problem it can fix + more