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In our recent Emerging Tech Network session, we were joined by Monica Sarkar to explore one of the most pressing questions facing modern newsrooms: how do you earn the attention and trust of the next generation of news consumers? Sarkar, who leads audience strategy work at CNN, shared insight into how news consumption is rapidly shifting away from traditional destinations such as homepages and towards off-platform environments including social media, messaging apps and short-form video....

An interview with Fergus Bell, CEO of Fathm, for the Emerging Tech Network As 2026 unfolds, AI in newsrooms is shifting from shiny experiment to quietly essential infrastructure. In this wide-ranging conversation, Fergus maps how publishers are moving past prompts and pilots towards real integration, harder ROI questions, and uncomfortable business-model truths. Efficiency gains matter, but they’re no longer the endgame. The real opportunity lies in trust, original reporting, and experiences...

In episode 13, the Emerging Tech Network explores the fast moving world of data, attention, and audience insight with Samantha Eales, Head of Commercial Audience Data and Insight at Mail Metro Media. Sam talks openly about managing insight across more than 60 advertising channels from print to digital to a rapidly growing social ecosystem and why truly understanding reader behavior now sits at the heart of modern media. She explains how engagement builds attention, how attention develops into...