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Join a new year-long programme led by smartocto, Dmitry Shishkin and FT Strategies.

Designed for forward-thinking news publishers, this programme combines data, editorial strategy and artificial intelligence to help newsrooms sharpen their audience-centric storytelling.

Over twelve months, you will work with peers and experts to turn insight into action, strengthen editorial decision making, and build a more meaningful, sustainable relationship with your audience.

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We’re excited to show you how smartocto’s smart decision-making tool and AI-driven features can support your newsroom or media organisation.

Book a demo and one of our team members will show how our actionable editorial analytics can help you turn data into impactful content decisions.

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Google Discover reshapes traffic to news sites

Social platforms are sending less and less traffic to news sites, while Google Discover is sending more. Although the impact varies widely depending on your niche and content strategy, publishers should take note. This is a significant development. Here’s what that means.

Smartocto introduces decisions: an AI-powered newsroom assistant

In an era where artificial intelligence is both exciting and unsettling the media industry, smartocto is taking a practical step forward. We are introducing smartocto Decisions, a new AI-powered feature, designed to support editors and journalists in making smarter, faster and more confident decisions. The tool turns complex data into actionable guidance, helping newsrooms move from dashboards to strategic decisions.