New York Post Media Group is launching its first free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channel, head of video and audio Warren Cohen exclusively tells Axios. Why it matters: Publishers are revisiting the strategy as consumers seek premium programming without a subscription fee, connected TV ad dollars grow and digital video can be more easily repackaged. Source: New York...

The Czech government on Monday made good on its promise to abolish license fees for public-service media and fund them directly from the state budget. The approved draft law, which will now go to the lower house, has raised a storm of controversy with opposition parties saying they will fight it every step of the way. Source: Funding...

Nearly three years after launching as a competitor to Twitter (now X), Threads has reached 500 million monthly active users, the company announced Tuesday. The Meta-owned social platform also announced a series of new features launching today, including a “Your Algo” tool that lets users control what they see in their feed. Source: Threads adds new personalization and...

News sites are rapidly becoming the newspapers of the digital age. And you know what happened to newspapers. Worldwide, people in all age groups are ditching news sites and publishers’ apps in favor of social media and video networks. In fact, 18- to 34-year-olds are abandoning content on publishers’ platforms even more quickly than they’re dropping TV...

Google’s new $1bn London headquarters could be receiving a visit from the bailiffs this summer after publishers opened up a new front in the battle against AI bots. Some 31 UK websites, backed by the Movement for an Open Web (MOW), have added new “Search-Only Contracts” (SOC) to their website terms and conditions which prohibit the copying...

Electronic Arts , the digital interactive entertainment company, announced EA Advertising, a new way for brands to connect with fans through its portfolio of games, the company said in a press release Monday. Source: Electronic Arts launches a new way to advertise directly into gameplay

A social media ban for under-16s has been announced by the UK government. It will be introduced in early 2027. The government is also considering an overnight curfew and measures to stop infinite scrolling for under-18s. Keeping children off social media is the best way to keep them safe online, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said. Source: When...

The BBC is set to cut hundreds of jobs across its core news division next week in the first part of a radical downsizing of the British broadcaster as it enters the final months of talks with ministers over future funding.  Source: BBC news teams to lose hundreds of jobs in radical downsizing

According to Shopify, the best e-commerce platform is Shopify. On its blog, the company has published at least 60 different ranked listicles, including “10 Best Ecommerce Platforms for Small Business in 2026,” “11 Best Ecommerce Platforms for Your Business in 2026,” “The 11 Best Cheap Ecommerce Platforms for Small Business (2026),” and “Best Ecommerce Software 2026: Compare...

It’s no secret that the last few years have seen a massive explosion in the use of artificial intelligence for general information-gathering. An even more recent trend, though, is how large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini are increasingly being used for verifying and consuming news; reports from the Pew Research Center over the last year...