New research from Newsworks has quantified the commercial value of culture, finding cultural relevance is worth an estimated £147bn to UK consumer spending.

Nearly three-quarters (73%) of adults say they now access news using online intermediaries including social media, video-sharing platforms, search engines, news aggregators and AI tools, compared to just 57% who say they access news directly through publishers’ websites and apps.

The digital publishing ad platform has launched a new product aimed at letting advertisers optimise toward performance outcomes.

Calm Media Investments prevailed over Alive Communications in the final to win this year’s 32-team charity padel tournament.

Websites have seen an increase of more than 60% in visits from AI harvesting bots in the last 12 months, according to new data from 51Degrees.

SPUR’s technical lead discusses how the initiative’s telemetry standard will help publishers create a new marketplace to receive fair value from AI companies.

AI is moving beyond experimentation to become embedded into the infrastructure of media and advertising. Here is a roundup of the biggest AI developments so far this year.

Metro’s editor-in-chief and commercial director discuss how the title has adapted to changing commuting habits and declining referral traffic with new distribution strategies.

Analysis from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit adds to concerns that national newspapers are failing to link this summer’s extreme weather to climate change and the net-zero policies necessary to mitigate its drastic effects.

After 308 goals, 15 red cards and 208 hydration breaks, the final whistle has blown on FIFA’s 2026 World Cup. So with Spain taking gold from Messi’s Argentina in extra time, what did The Guardian’s ad team learn, asks Imogen Fox.