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News, updates, tutorials – everything in one category, in one place. Here, you'll find all the articles published on the 4media.com website in all categories such as CMS 4media modules and widgets, support help, tips & tricks and how-to guides.

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The Court Found Google’s Ad-Tech Monopoly. It Chose Not to Break It Apart.
The Court Found Google’s Ad-Tech Monopoly. It Chose Not to Break It Apart.
A federal court rejected the forced sale of Google’s AdX exchange after concluding that separating it from Google’s infrastructure would be risky, slow and potentially harmful to publishers. Instead, the judge ordered integrations, data portability and other changes intended to make leaving Google easier. 05.10.2026 15:39
The Reporter You Never Read May Still Save You Money
The Reporter You Never Read May Still Save You Money
A peer-reviewed study found that municipal borrowing costs increased after local newspaper closures. California has now signed a newsroom employment tax credit into law—and a new estimate suggests the state’s news deserts may be costing local governments $47.6 million a year. 30.09.2026 14:59
Google Wants to Be the Customer and the Accountant
Google Wants to Be the Customer and the Accountant
Google is testing monthly payments for publishers whose content contributes to AI-generated answers. The opportunity is real: reporting could earn money even when the user never visits the publisher’s website. The problem is that Google currently decides what the contribution was worth without showing publishers the calculation. 18.09.2026 15:05
A Cheaper Illustration Does Not Pay for the School Board Meeting
A Cheaper Illustration Does Not Pay for the School Board Meeting
The Justice Department argues that requiring AI companies to license copyrighted training material could favor large publishers and hurt smaller newsrooms that use affordable AI tools. That argument counts what AI may save a local newspaper. It gives much less attention to what the newspaper paid to create the reporting AI companies want to use. 14.09.2026 15:24
Australia Can Make Big Tech Pay. It Cannot Make Big Tech Bargain
Australia Can Make Big Tech Pay. It Cannot Make Big Tech Bargain
On August 20, the Australian Parliament adopted a new framework that puts a price on walking away from news. Covered platforms can sign commercial agreements with publishers and use those payments to reduce their liability. Or they can decline to make deals and pay a charge that will be distributed to the news sector. 24.08.2026 12:55
Before You Pay to Make Your Archive “AI-Ready”
Before You Pay to Make Your Archive “AI-Ready”
The New York Post built Hamilton on five years of its own reporting. For local publishers, the lesson is not to buy an expensive layer of “AI readiness.” It is to make the journalism already inside the CMS easier to find, verify and reuse. 17.08.2026 12:13
Why a Broken Link Could Mean Your Local Business Doesn’t Exist in the AI Era
Why a Broken Link Could Mean Your Local Business Doesn’t Exist in the AI Era
As AI search engines become the new gatekeepers of local discovery, basic digital infrastructure—like a functional Chamber of Commerce directory—is no longer just a perk. It is survival. 10.08.2026 12:04
a velvet rope
Google’s "Velvet Rope": What New Search Profile Thresholds Mean for Local Publishers
How the new "audience account" era redefines legitimacy in search, and why local newsrooms must double down on audience sovereignty. 03.08.2026 10:49
How Hartmann Media Consulting Migrated 6 Local News Portals to CMS4media Without Losing Search Traffic
CMS Migration - client's case study
How Hartmann Media Consulting Migrated 6 Local News Portals to CMS4media Without Losing Search Traffic
A case study for small, local, and legacy publishers weighing a CMS migration. 01.07.2026 09:46    1
The $20,000 Reporter
The $20,000 Reporter
California's Community NEWS Act pays for a specific definition of local news, and it is the model other states are already copying. 26.06.2026 13:36
What Fills the Silence
What Fills the Silence
The 2026 Local Journalist Index counts 7.8 reporters per 100,000 Americans, down 81% since 2002. The more revealing finding is what coverage takes their place. 20.06.2026 13:48
The Messenger Becomes the Author
The Messenger Becomes the Author
A German court ruled that Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words, not a neutral summary of the web. The "we just aggregate, don't blame us" defense lost in a courtroom for the first time. 15.06.2026 13:45