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The Attention Economy Is Collapsing. Good.

August 20, 2025August 7, 2025 by Peter Cellino

AI summaries are stealing traffic, digital ads are built on bad data, and publishers are left holding the bag. The Charlotte Mercury unpacks the collapse of the attention economy—and what comes next.

Categories Ad Technology Tags adtech, ai overviews, attention-economy, charlotte mercury, Digital Advertising, google, local-journalism, media collapse, platform capitalism

What Is a News Desert and Why It Matters

August 20, 2025June 14, 2025 by Peter Cellino

Why do some Charlotte suburbs hear crickets, not city hall? Discover how news deserts form, why they hollow communities, and what Mercury Local plans to do about it.

Categories Newsroom Tags Charlotte, local-journalism, news-deserts, North-Carolina

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