Useful articles for busy publishing executives

kress pro has once again surveyed the most important digital service providers and software vendors for media companies in 2026. In the full-service provider category, Purple ranks third. For us, this is above all a validation from the publishers who work with Purple every day. We would like to thank them for that.

In the second quarter of 2026, we put AI to work exactly where it takes real pressure off daily editorial work: transparently and under your control. Purple DAM+ brings AI Editing directly into the Hub, new AI taxonomies for Purple Prompts speed up tagging, our new partner Aptoma brings print automation into Purple, and a new navigation mode in Purple Experience solves concrete requirements from the advertising business. Here are the most important updates in detail.

From Editor-in-Chief to Head of Consulting: Andreas Müller on the future of regional journalism, key workflows and why publishers are stronger when they work together.

Sixty countries, three days, one question: when the platforms stop sending clicks, what is journalism left with? Seven dispatches from Marseille on AI training, copyright, SPUR, Google traffic and what makes newsrooms irreplaceable.

How Holtzbrinck, Hindustan Times and Ippen Digital are already running AI agents in production, and why most publishers are still talking about it. John Rahim's recap from Berlin.

Sometimes you find the right place by taking a detour. Niklas had SPRYLAB on his radar ever since university, but it took a few more years before he applied for a Customer Success role. That didn't work out, but his application was forwarded to the Sales team. Today, after several years with us, Niklas is one of the most versatile people in the company as Business Development Manager: he leads initial customer conversations, builds demo apps, manages partnerships and even stepped in as interim project manager along the way. In this interview, he shares how his role has evolved, what keeps him at Purple and why he encourages everyone to take the plunge.

This quarter, we focused on three areas that can make a decisive difference in day-to-day editorial work: a fundamentally new asset management system, newsletter delivery entirely from within the Hub, and more reliable protection for paid content. Here are the most important updates in detail.

The head of audience development at one of Europe’s largest magazine publishers on AI search disruption, why specialist depth beats breadth, and the 47-step briefing tool quietly reshaping how editors.