Telegraph's Restructuring, Verge's New App

It’s been a week since the most recent edition of the AMO Summit kicked off. We’re sure you’ve moved on; we are still recuperating.

But also not slacking! We’ve got the scoop on EndeavorB2B shopping two of its divisions, the exclusive on The Verge’s new app, whatever the heck Meta thinks it is up to in its latest beef with publishers (and Taylor Swift) and Axel Springer’s restructuring of the Telegraph into an intelligence platform.

Audience
The Verge Launching an App As Traffic Tumbles

The Verge is launching an app as it looks to build more direct relationships with readers amid tumbling referral traffic. The move is part of a broader push to rely less on outside platforms and bring audiences back to its own products.

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Restructuring
Axel Springer to Restructure Telegraph as ‘Global, AI-Powered Media and Intelligence Business’

Axel Springer is restructuring The Telegraph, with layoffs planned as it seeks to turn the publisher into a “global, AI-powered media and intelligence business.” The strategy includes new revenue streams, international expansion and greater use of AI, data and personalization.

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M&A
Why EndeavorB2B Is Attempting to Sell Two Divisions

EndeavorB2B has hired BrightTower to sell two of its five market groups, transportation and energy, water & digital infrastructure, people familiar with the matter told AMO. It’s a reversal from 2024, when founder Chris Ferrell, ousted earlier this month, was talking to new sponsors about buying the whole company.

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Platforms
Meta’s New Terms Aren’t Just a Publisher Problem. Ask Taylor Swift.

Meta delayed controversial new website-access terms by three weeks amid growing pushback from publishers, advertisers and lawmakers. Publishers argue the terms give Meta overly broad rights to content it crawls—and the issue extends well beyond news media, potentially even to creators like Taylor Swift.

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