📉 Google vs. News Publishers

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Google is canceling its FT subscription and cutting other enterprise media deals as cost-saving measures. Meanwhile, AI Overviews are slashing referral traffic—CNN down 30%, HuffPost 40%! Publishers accuse Google of creating a “zero-click” environment, where AI summaries replace clicks to their sites. The AI vs. content debate heats up.

[Rimon Khan]

Google is literally killing publishers with AI Overviews. Traffic drops of 30–40% are massive!

[Nahid Hossen]

Canceling the FT subscription shows how little value Google places on traditional media. Scary times.