Every week, I organize 400 to 700 links into roughly 60 categories as part of my ongoing effort to learn about AI. This is my personal notebook, which I enjoy sharing with friends… a hobby and a labor of love, rather than a commercial publication or product.
If you arrived here through a search or shared link, this page collects the links I found for Publishing for the week ending September 4, 2026.
As part of my learning process, I like to automate the category covers. It gives me a chance to learn Python and APIs.
This week’s cover prompt was written using Claude Opus 4.7, and the image was generated using Nano Banana 2.1.
Category Cover Image Prompt: A psychedelic screen-printed gig poster of an ornate vintage printing press at center, spiraling ribbons of newsprint and pages unfurling into swirling op-art patterns and autumn leaves around it under a harvest moon, bold hand-lettered 'Publishing' arching across the top in 1960s Fillmore-style title lettering, electric magenta, acid orange, deep teal, and lime green ink layers on cream paper with visible registration offset and intricate decorative border.
This Week in Publishing News
Summary by Claude Sonnet 5.5 based on this week’s links:
- Trump administration backs OpenAI: The Justice Department filed a brief in the New York Times v. OpenAI case saying training AI on others' content is fair use. Nieman Lab reported it also argues a Times win would threaten national security and hurt small newsrooms, and that large publishers would benefit most if AI companies had to pay.
- AI bots and shrinking referrals: Press Gazette reported research suggesting Amazon and Meta run the most prolific AI bots visiting websites worldwide. Ethan Mollick flagged early evidence that Google AI Overviews may be doing to Wikipedia what coding agents did to StackExchange.
- Publishers doubling down on AI coverage and audiences: Time is adding two staff roles, relaunching its AI newsletter and hosting a Time 100 AI Leadership Forum in Washington DC. The Telegraph is expanding its video podcasts into events and paid memberships.
This summary was generated by Claude Sonnet 5.5 to help you explore the links below. Rest assured, I select, organize, and check the links by hand in Google Sheets, and write the introduction and personal commentary in The Main Newsletters myself each week as a labor of love.
This week's links related to Publishing
Your ‘For You’ Algorithm Disagrees With You | Stanford HAI
https://hai.stanford.edu/news/your-for-you-algorithm-disagrees-with-you
Amazon and Meta AI bots account for most website visits – Press Gazette
https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/amazon-and-meta-ai-bots-account-for-most-website-visits/
Amazon and Meta appear to be the two companies with the most prolific AI bots when it comes to the visiting of websites worldwide, according to new research
https://x.com/pressgazette/status/2095491369712120200
The future of sports is looking exceedingly bright, esp with all the great work happening in spatial AI. Here’s what Arcturus can pull off with stadium scale capture rigs. Amazing for AR/VR but also the traditional broadcast experience itself.
https://x.com/bilawalsidhu/status/2095259821570232524
The Trump Administration has backed OpenAI in its legal battle with The New York Times, saying that training AI on others’ intellectual property is fair use
https://x.com/pressgazette/status/2095432078191968708
Trump administration says a New York Times win in OpenAI lawsuit would “threaten national security” and hurt small newsrooms | Nieman Journalism Lab
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/09/trump-administration-says-a-new-york-times-win-in-openai-lawsuit-would-threaten-national-security-and-hurt-small-newsrooms/
Trump Administration Sides With OpenAI in New York Times Copyright Lawsuit | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/trump-administration-sides-with-ai-giants-new-york-times-lawsuit/
Iconic Media says it is creating 20 roles across sales and marketing, following its drive to hire 50 journalists including editors for the Harrogate Advertiser and Doncaster Free Press. It is also launching an AI tool for clients to see their marketing performance
https://x.com/pressgazette/status/2095525536273424895
Time said it is making a “significant investment” in its AI and technology coverage with two new staff roles, a relaunched AI newsletter and the first Time 100 AI Leadership Forum in Washington DC
https://x.com/pressgazette/status/2094705587149807695
Some early evidence that Google AI Overviews may be doing to Wikipedia the same thing that coding agents did to StackExchange…
https://x.com/emollick/status/2093530834124800046
The Telegraph is expanding its video podcast strategy into franchises spanning events and paid memberships to deepen audience relationships.
https://x.com/Digiday/status/2094372158185087043
HuggingFace Attack Postmortem: Civilizations, Reactions and Next Actions | Don’t Worry About the Vase
https://thezvi.wordpress.com/2026/09/01/huggingface-attack-postmortem-civilizations-reactions-and-next-actions/
perplexity is the best at search at any level of compute, agnostic of how much compute the competitors use.
https://x.com/AravSrinivas/status/2093450252317794314
OPENAI NEW YORK TIMES COPYRIGHT LAWSUIT govtbrief.pdf
https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/jnvwzqxzbpw/OPENAI%20NEW%20YORK%20TIMES%20COPYRIGHT%20LAWSUIT%20govtbrief.pdf
The Department of Justice filing argues that large publishers will disproportionately benefit if AI companies have to pay to use copyrighted content.
https://x.com/NiemanLab/status/2095267775333765432
Are newspaper opinion sections embracing AI-written op-eds? | Nieman Journalism Lab
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/08/are-newspaper-opinion-sections-embracing-ai-written-op-eds/
As the “Platformisation” of Content Continues, How Can Publishers Make the Most of the Humble Website?
https://whatsnewinpublishing.substack.com/p/as-the-platformisation-of-content
Growing TIME’s AI Coverage
https://time.com/article/2026/08/31/growing-time-s-ai-coverage/
Here’s a sneak peek at the topics that will be discussed onstage during the Digiday Publishing Summit, September 2026 edition.
https://x.com/Digiday/status/2095459319768625211
MSN Dumps Publishers, SFGATE’s 90% App Conversion & AI Authorship Gets Messy
https://whatsnewinpublishing.substack.com/p/msn-dumps-publishers-sfgates-90-app
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