Publishers spent $113m buying paid search in July 2026, up 274% in three years, as AI Overviews now answer nearly 100% of Google's People Also Ask results.

Publishers spent $113m buying paid search in July 2026, up 274% in three years, as AI Overviews now answer nearly 100% of Google's People Also Ask results.

#USAToday Co. partnered with #Palantir to analyse #audiencedata and improve #monetisation as #searchtraffic declines. The partnership aims to leverage Palantir’s AI-powered platform to convert audience scale into known relationships, driving higher value revenue. While acknowledging the importance of search, USA Today Co. is exploring alternative distribution tactics and negotiating with Google for a fair licensing deal. https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/08/americas-largest-newspaper-chain-usa-today-co-partners-with-palantir-to-analyze-audience-data/?eicker.news #tech #news #ainews

Jennifer Kutz says Google AI features target no single platform, days after Reddit stock fell 12.49% on referral fears. But does a $60m data deal test that?

Jennifer Kutz says Google AI features target no single platform, days after Reddit stock fell 12.49% on referral fears. But does a $60m data deal test that?

Jennifer Kutz says Google AI features target no single platform, days after Reddit stock fell 12.49% on referral fears. But does a $60m data deal test that?

Jennifer Kutz says Google AI features target no single platform, days after Reddit stock fell 12.49% on referral fears. But does a $60m data deal test that?

Jennifer Kutz says Google AI features target no single platform, days after Reddit stock fell 12.49% on referral fears. But does a $60m data deal test that?

Jennifer Kutz says Google AI features target no single platform, days after Reddit stock fell 12.49% on referral fears. But does a $60m data deal test that?

Reddit is reconsidering its reported US$60 million-a-year Google AI deal because Google’s AI search

Ever since Google boldly integrated "AI Overviews" into its search engine, content creators and digital platforms have voiced relentless despair. Recently, Reddit released its shareholder letter detailing the financial results for the second quarter of 2026. Within this document, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman fiercely condemned Google's current AI search strategy. He stated with absolute clarity: "People do not desire a mere summary of…

Reddit delivered a solid quarter with revenue and user growth beating expectations, but investors are growing uneasy about the platform's deep reliance on Google search traffic — and what AI-driven search could do to that relationship.

Reddit Chief Executive Steve Huffman has publicly challenged Google's AI Overviews, warning that artificial intelligence search summaries fail to deliver

Prominent Media Outlets Consider Blocking Google Crawlers For the vast majority of digital publishers, organic search traffic represents an indispensable lifeline. Historically, users naturally gravitated toward search engines to discover curated content. Today, however, digital media enterprises watch helplessly as organic referral traffic plummets precipitously. This dramatic downturn is primarily driven by Google AI Overviews cannibalizing web traffic, compounded by a fundamental paradigm shift as users increasingly turn to conversational AI platforms rather than reading original web articles.

Reddit's 60 million dollar Google deal expires soon as Politico and Reuters both weigh crawler blocks. What breaks in search if premium publishers walk away?

Reddit's 60 million dollar Google deal expires soon as Politico and Reuters both weigh crawler blocks. What breaks in search if premium publishers walk away?

Reddit's 60 million dollar Google deal expires soon as Politico and Reuters both weigh crawler blocks. What breaks in search if premium publishers walk away?

Reddit's 60 million dollar Google deal expires soon as Politico and Reuters both weigh crawler blocks. What breaks in search if premium publishers walk away?

Three regions each shed 5% of search pageviews in Q2 while social traffic filled part of the gap and Africa climbed from 41% to 48% against the wider trend.

Three regions each shed 5% of search pageviews in Q2 while social traffic filled part of the gap and Africa climbed from 41% to 48% against the wider trend.

#Reddit shares fell 9% after the Wall Street Journal reported the company is considering ending its #contentdeal with #Google for #AItraining. The deal, worth $60 million annually, is expiring soon, and Reddit is reevaluating its benefits as Google’s #AIsummaries impact #searchtraffic. This comes amid a broader trend of media companies reassessing their relationships with AI giants. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/22/reddit-stock-google-ai-content-deal.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news

Reddit's 60 million dollar Google deal expires soon as Politico and Reuters both weigh crawler blocks. What breaks in search if premium publishers walk away?

Reddit's 60 million dollar Google deal expires soon as Politico and Reuters both weigh crawler blocks. What breaks in search if premium publishers walk away?

Three regions each shed 5% of search pageviews in Q2 while social traffic filled part of the gap and Africa climbed from 41% to 48% against the wider trend.