Google tests AI payments to publishers, but payouts vary widely
Publishers in Google’s AI contribution pilot report uneven payments and say Search Console makes month-to-month tracking difficult.
What publishers should get from AI besides money
AI referrals are tiny but valuable, Google is shaky ground, and a licensing check is only half the deal. Bombora's Jaime Schultheis explains.
Adobe adds Acrobat to Claude plugin, plans Gemini integration
Adobe is bringing Photoshop, Lightroom, Express and Firefly to Google Gemini while its Claude plugin adds Acrobat tools and interactive editing.
Google expands AI licensing payments based on publishers’ content value
Google is testing a program that pays publishers when their content significantly contributes to Gemini, AI Overviews or AI Mode.
Publishers rebuild newsroom org charts for a post-Google search era
USA Today Co. is reorganizing its audience operation as The New York Times creates a role focused on AI and off-platform discovery.
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Current top 10 US news sites lost 32% of traffic from 2024 peak
Across the current top 50, traffic was down 37% from July 2024, while generative AI accounted for just 0.4% of visits.
Google’s Backstory aims to speed up image verification for fact-checkers
The experimental DeepMind tool combines provenance checks, reverse image searches and context tracing. India Today uses it as a first pass, then verifies the results manually.
New York Post launches Hamilton AI chatbot in effort to retain readers
The New York Post is rolling out an AI personalization suite named Hamilton, built on Google Cloud, across its Android and iOS apps.
Apple weighs nine-figure budget to pay publishers for news in Siri AI
Apple has approached news publishers about a pay-per-use compensation plan for Siri AI, with a reported budget starting at $100 million.
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.