News Summary

• The five largest US professional sports leagues are asking the government to crack down on sports bettors who harass players, team personnel and their families.
• Publishers are split on how to react to the existential threat of AI search.
• The choice confronting news publishers is whether to “pursue a direct-to-consumer strategy or become an information supplier to AI interfaces,” says The Rebooting’s Brian Morrissey.
• Some pubs are promoting their human creators as influencers and hyping the audience trust and industry relationships they’ve built over decades.