AI is changing which journalists matter to PR
PR teams now measure how often AI cites a reporter's work, and that's an opening for beat journalists and the outlets that back them.
AI summaries
Publishers finally have AI buyers but no say in the price
A real market for AI inference is forming, with payment rails to match. What publishers still lack is leverage.
Axios says AI is breaking the link economy
Similarweb data cited by Axios shows U.S. web traffic to roughly 100 top news sites fell to 47.6 million visits in August.
AI chatbots beat search engines at spotting foreign propaganda, NPR test finds
NPR and NewsGuard posed 30 propaganda-based questions to six chatbots and four search engines, and the chatbots handled them better.
The New York Times tests AI-generated summaries inside its own site search
The New York Times is testing AI-generated summaries in its own site search, built only from Times journalism, employees told Semafor.
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Google puts Top Stories inside AI Overviews, with a catch for publishers
Google now embeds publisher Top Stories carousels inside AI Overviews on 15-17% of trending news searches in the US and UK.
Nine network axes 30 more jobs at SMH and The Age, citing AI disruption
Nine Entertainment will cut around 30 newsroom positions at the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age, citing severe AI-driven disruption.
Google search traffic to drop by half by Q3 2027 for UK publishers
Organic Google referrals to eight major UK publishers fell 7.1% in a single quarter, a pace that would halve traffic by late 2027.
Germany says AI Overviews subject to national media law
Rules that AI summaries and answers are products of the companies, which can be held liable for inaccurate information.
Google’s AI Overviews surface suicide details, raising questions over AI editorial standards
Although publishers provided the information, Google’s AI decided what millions of users would see first