USA Today Co. is testing content reformatting, including converting webpages to markdown, to attract AI licensing deals and improve visibility in AI answer engines, CEO Mike Reed said on an August 6 e…
Search referral traffic is down 30% to 40% for some publishers, and Digiday media reporter Sara Guaglione says AI search is only growing and that referral traffic is not coming back, prompting publish…
TollBit's State of the Bots report reveals that unauthorized AI crawlers are increasingly difficult to block, with bad bots masquerading as legitimate ones like Google's, rotating IP addresses, and us…
The New York Times, News Corp, USA Today Co., and People Inc. reported second-quarter earnings this week, with traffic declines attributed to AI. Each publisher is adopting a strategy of licensing con…
People Inc. CEO Neil Vogel said the company will not block Google's crawlers despite wanting control over content, because it still depends on Google search referrals for traffic and revenue. Google s…
Meta announced on December 5, 2025, that Newsmax has signed a commercial AI data agreement, joining CNN, Fox News, Le Monde Group, People Inc., USA TODAY, The Daily Caller, and the Washington Examiner…
Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode are using publisher content to answer user queries directly, keeping users and advertising revenue inside Google, which has prompted publishers including USA Today, P…
Publishing executives are sensing a shift in the AI era as large language models increasingly reward authoritative, trusted content, potentially restoring power to premium publishers. A new IAB report…
People Inc. blocks all AI scrapers by default and grants access only to approved partners with licensing deals, as Chief Innovation Officer Jonathan Roberts argues that trust in AI is shifting to indi…
People Inc. CEO accused Google of abusing its market power in AI search, alleging the tech giant uses its dominance to stifle competition and control access to web content.…
Seventeen publishers, including The Washington Post, Associated Press, People Inc., and USA Today Network, are licensing editorial content to enterprise customers through Snowflake's Cortex Knowledge …