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Publishers, advertisers ask EU and U.K. regulators to suspend Meta terms

October 23, 2026

The Movement for an Open Web wants regulators to pause Meta’s new commercial terms before they take effect Oct. 30.

October 22, 2026

Jim Lanzone says AI answers are disrupting the long-standing exchange between publishers and search engines.

October 19, 2026

Campaigners are urging publishers to review Meta’s new commercial terms before they take effect Oct. 30.

October 16, 2026

Meta’s updated commercial terms could give the company a new argument for scraping websites tied to business accounts, legal experts say.

October 14, 2026

Google referrals to publishers fell 40% in a year as some outlets experiment with ways to improve visibility in AI-generated answers.

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October 14, 2026

Reach has announced a partnership with Google that gives Google enhanced content rights to news across its UK and Ireland portfolio.

October 13, 2026

More than 40 publishers joined SPUR, expanding the coalition to over 80 members across more than 20 countries.

October 9, 2026

USA Today Co. seeks $250 million, alleging OpenAI used hundreds of thousands of articles without permission or payment.

October 8, 2026

Princeton’s Arvind Narayanan said chatbots could become a default source for facts within a decade, though the shift is not inevitable.

October 5, 2026

The publisher coalition wants a common way to track when AI systems retrieve, use, cite and present publisher content.