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May 21, 2026
Media Briefing: Publishers brace themselves for the zero-click era amid Google’s AI search overhaul
Publishers are meeting Google’s AI search overhaul with resignation rather than resistance, bracing for a zero-click future on the horizon.
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May 19, 2026
WTF is back button hijacking?
Google is cracking down on “back button hijacking,” which some publishers use to offset declining referral traffic and monetization pressure.
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May 14, 2026
Media Briefing: BuzzFeed’s $120M sale marks another step in the repricing of digital media scale
Byron Allen’s $120 million BuzzFeed deals marks another turning point in the collapse of the platform-era media business model.
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May 7, 2026
Media Briefing: Publishers cautiously count AI licensing as notable revenue amid programmatic strain, in Q1 earnings
Amid declining referral traffic and programmatic ads, publishers are beginning to see meaningful revenue from AI licensing deals.
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May 5, 2026
Why news publishers are getting into the sports business coverage
Yahoo and Dow Jones are betting on the booming sports business beat, launching new verticals to capture high-value audiences and advertisers.
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May 1, 2026
USA Today Co.’s AI licensing deals drive ‘notable’ revenue in Q1, despite pressure on traffic and programmatic
USA Today Co.’s AI licensing deals helped drive meaningful year-over-year revenue growth in Q1, despite pressure on traffic and programmatic.
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May 1, 2026
Taboola’s next act: an AI answer engine for publishers
HuffPost UK, Reach and USA Today Co. are rolling out Taboola's AI-powered answer engine to boost engagement.
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April 30, 2026
Media Briefing: Publishers rewire sales teams for the outcomes era
Publishers are overhauling traditional ad sales teams in favor of outcome-driven teams focused on performance and client success.
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April 29, 2026
The rise of deepfakes poses a new trust challenge for publishers
As AI deepfakes surge and become harder to detect, publishers are under pressure to fact-check content and safeguard credibility.
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April 23, 2026
Media Briefing: As traffic declines, publishers see gains in commerce conversions and CTR
Publishers like Forbes and Apartment Therapy see growth in commerce business as audiences convert better despite shrinking traffic.
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April 16, 2026
Media Briefing: The ‘SaaS-pocalypse’ is spreading to publishers
As AI vibe-coding tools help publishers build their own software and products, the “SaaS-pocalypse” reshapes build-versus-buy decisions.
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April 15, 2026
Forbes creates wine vertical, commerce shop and membership business as AI squeezes traffic
Forbes is launching a wine-focused vertical, commerce site and membership program to grow consumer revenue and offset declining traffic.
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April 13, 2026
In Graphic Detail: New data shows publishers face growing AI bot, third-party scraper activity
New data shows publishers face a surge in AI bots and third-party scrapers harvesting content without compensation.
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April 9, 2026
The Washington Post’s Arc XP adds TollBit to help publishers make money from AI bot traffic
The Washington Post's Arc XP adds TollBit to help smaller publishers monetize AI bot traffic, offering a path into AI licensing revenue.
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April 9, 2026
Media Briefing: Another AI threat emerges for publishers: the third-party scraper
A growing network of third-party web scrapers is fueling an AI content licensing market, where publisher content is scraped and sold.
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April 2, 2026
Media Briefing: Publishers debate the value of AI licensing and GEO
Publishers may be gaining visibility in AI search, but execs say the lack of traffic and licensing revenue is raising doubts about the payoff.
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March 31, 2026
Time pitches GEO insights into a new brand offering
Time is turning its AI insights into a new product, selling branded content to shape how brands are talked about inside AI-generated answers.
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March 30, 2026
After newsroom cuts, The Washington Post turns to creator-led video deals
The Washington Post is betting on creator content to open up new revenue and audiences, after newsroom layoffs.
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March 26, 2026
Media Briefing: Overheard at the Digiday Publishing Summit, March 2026 edition
With no sign of search traffic returning, publishers are doubling down on subscriptions to build direct reader revenue -- but it's not easy.
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March 25, 2026
People Inc.’s Jon Roberts on the AI licensing boom – and the revenue lag
People Inc's Jon Roberts discusses the boom in AI content licensing marketplaces -- and the revenue that could materialize for publishers.
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March 23, 2026
News/Media Alliance signs AI licensing deal to unlock recurring RAG revenue for small and mid-sized publishers
The News/Media Alliance has signed an AI licensing deal that lets its 2,200 publisher members opt in to monetizing RAG-driven enterprise demand.
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March 11, 2026
Layoffs hit LADbible Group’s social video team amid slower user-generated content growth
Social-first publisher LADbible is in the middle of a second round of layoffs to its social video team, having suffered massive drop-off in Facebook video engagement.
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March 11, 2026
AI surfacing is messy: Data shows publisher visibility and traffic often misalign
Reports tracking publishers in AI chatbots abound but conflicting rankings and uneven referral traffic reveal the murkiness of AI visibility.
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March 10, 2026
GEO hype busted: How it differs (and how it doesn’t) from SEO
GEO is flooding media execs’ inboxes. But SEO veterans say these AI visibility services may not be as revolutionary as they seem.
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March 5, 2026
Media Briefing: As AI search grows, a cottage industry of GEO vendors is booming
A wave of new GEO vendors promises improving visibility in AI-generated search, though some question how effective the services really are.
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March 2, 2026
WTF is pay per ‘demonstrated’ value in AI content licensing?
Publishers and tech companies are developing a “pay by demonstrated value” model in AI content licensing that ties compensation to usage.
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February 26, 2026
Media Briefing: Without transparency, publishers can’t tell if Google’s Preferred Sources feature benefits them
Six months in, Google’s Preferred Sources promises loyalty-driven visibility, but leaves publishers guessing at the traffic impact.
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February 25, 2026
In Graphic Detail: Publishers chase video podcast growth, but audio still leads
Podcasting may be racing into video, but more listeners still prefer audio — leaving publishers caught between hype and habit.
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