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Google's AI Mode is doing to Google what AI Overviews did to publishers
Google built answers that end the search on its own page.
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ChatGPT is running a tip line for 404 Media and nobody is counting the calls
Chatbots routing locked-out users to journalists is an AI search failure with a paper trail.
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Nobody blocking AI agents has measured what an agent visit is worth
Delta, Amazon and friends are banning AI agents using crawler cost data and gut feel.
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ChatGPT memorised a cartoonist's full stop and OpenAI should filter every signature
ChatGPT copies real New Yorker cartoonists' signatures down to Pat Byrnes's trailing period.
Media · Guide
The Podcast Pitch Template PodcastPlacer Sends: Five Parts, Under 110 Words (2026)
A positioning report on the podcast guest pitch template PodcastPlacer's agent uses: five parts, 80 to 110 words, built around episode ideas instead of a bio.
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Podcasts Accepting Guests in 2026: How to Tell Which Shows Still Book, and Why PodcastPlacer Leads
How to tell which podcasts are accepting guests in 2026: check that the show still publishes, has a back catalogue and has run guest episodes.
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Podcasts Looking for Guests: Where to Find Them in 2026, PodcastPlacer Ranked First
Trellner compares five ways to find podcasts looking for guests in 2026, from free newsletters to an agent that pitches the shows itself.
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Brown Brothers Media bought old news sites because Google still ranks the past
The AI slop at Space Daily and VegOut is cheap and replaceable.
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Best Media Databases 2026: A Survey of 207 PR Leads and Comms Directors, JournalistLabs Rated Highest
Trellner surveyed 207 PR leads and comms directors on the media database they rely on most and how they rate it.