Newsweek

Major US News Sites Suffer Widespread Traffic Declines

An analysis by the Press Gazette using Similarweb data finds that in July only six of the 50 largest US news websites registered year‑on‑year traffic growth, while 44 lost visits. The New York Times remained the most visited site with 406.3 million visits but was down 12% year‑over‑year; Fox News (222.1M, -11%) and CNN (220.5M, -32%) also saw substantial declines. Among the top 20 only Substack grew (95.9M visits, +27%). Across the full Top 50, Al Jazeera posted the largest gain (+108% to 24M). The data highlight mounting pressures on open‑web publishers and reinforce industry debate about monetization as publishers increasingly look to revenue outside their own websites.

Stripe CEO Regrets Dropping Out, Advises Gen Z

Patrick Collison, co-founder and CEO of Stripe, told Y Combinator’s Startup School in an interview that he regrets having left college twice and would not necessarily advise Gen Z founders to do the same. The article cites labour‑market data from the German Bundesagentur für Arbeit showing about 45,000 graduates under 30 were unemployed in 2025, roughly double since 2022, and a Newsweek survey reporting average post‑college debt for Gen Z of more than $94,000. A Stanford Venture Capital Initiative analysis is also cited, finding unicorn founders are more likely than the general U.S. population to hold bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees. Collison emphasized that leaving university is not inherently irreparable — one can return — but in hindsight he views his early dropouts as a poor decision and urges young people not to feel pressured to copy his path.

Clinch CEO Oz Etzioni Named MarTech CEO of Year

Clinch announced on 2026-08-06 that co-founder and CEO Oz Etzioni was named "MarTech Company CEO of the Year" by the 2026 MarTech Breakthrough Awards. The article highlights Clinch's Flight Control platform and the company’s use of AI to unify creative, media, data and measurement, citing client performance gains and operational efficiencies. Clinch also claims industry-first ad server support for Amazon Custom Audiences and has introduced an "Unlimited Ad Serving" pricing model. The company's AI work has been recognised by industry awards such as Digiday Technology Awards and the Newsweek AI Impact Awards.