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Substack for Publishers: What The Ringer’s Move Means for You
Substack for publishers: The Ringer put writers on Substack at $5 to $10 a month. See the numbers, the 10% cut and 7 smart moves before you launch....

AI Crawlers: What Robots.txt Can and Can’t Stop for Publishers
AI crawlers are often not who they claim: 84% of requests claiming to be GPTBot were fake, per Centinel. Here are 7 smart ways publishers can control access....

WordPress Security for Publishers: What the UpdraftPlus and PHP Alerts Mean
WordPress security alert: PHP fixed two critical flaws on October 21, 2026 and UpdraftPlus keys were stolen. Here are 7 steps publishers should take now....

Made for Advertising Sites and AI Slop: How Real Publishers Stay Clear
Made for advertising exposure hit 1.1% of programmatic spend in Q1 2026, and AI slop reached 1.3% to 2.4%. See 7 ways real publishers stay safe....

Google Discover Traffic: What Google’s Freshness Filter Means for Publishers
Google Discover now drives 75.25% of Google traffic to news publishers, per NewzDash. See how its freshness filter works and 7 ways to keep traffic....

John Mayer launches Sob Rock Records in partnership with Universal’s Mercury
The label shares its name with "Sob Rock," Mayer's last album with Sony Music's Columbia Records, released in 2021. Source...

Position Music hires ex-Big Deal Music and RCA exec Pete Robinson as GM, Creative Nashville
Robinson will report to Position Music Founder and CEO Tyler Bacon and President Mark Chipello. Source...

Former Eminem employee pleads guilty to selling unreleased tracks that were later accessed 8M+ times on streaming platforms
Joseph Strange sold 10 or more audio files of the music to buyers online for approximately $50,000, according to court documents cited by the DOJ. Source...