Reach signs Google AI partnership for UK and Irish news content
Reach has announced a partnership with Google that gives Google enhanced content rights to news across its UK and Ireland portfolio.
SPUR releases AI content tracking standard, invites tech firms to advisory board
The publisher coalition wants a common way to track when AI systems retrieve, use, cite and present publisher content.
Judge dismisses Chegg, Penske antitrust suits over Google AI Overviews
The publishers argued Google used its search power to obtain content for AI products without compensation. A federal judge rejected their claims.
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.
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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.
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.