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3 actions publishers are taking to survive a post-Google world

Publishers’ hemming and hawing over the Google Zero post-search era has reached a fever pitch. Now, they’re finally doing something about it. The publishing industry has been forced to reckon with declining referral traffic from Google as the tech behemoth prioritizes its AI-powered search, or AI Overviews. Companies like Axios, The Verge and Time have starting sprouting greenshoots, turning gripes into game plans to survive in what could best be described as a search-pocalypse. Senior media reporter at Digiday Sara Guaglione and senior media editor Jessica Davies joined a recent episode of the Digiday Podcast to discuss the greenshoots that seem the most promising.

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  Why the creator economy is splitting in two

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  Which Golden Girl is WPP most like?

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  Can OpenAI build a $1 billion ad empire?

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  How Semafor is redefining the head of video role

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  As more surfaces become ad inventory, the economics get complicated

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  The Amazon-FTC case and the myth of ad auction transparency

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  5 questions facing advertisers, publishers and creators heading into fall

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  The case for and against publishers blocking Google

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  AI is reshaping agency work, but where's the line?

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  How much control should AI have over media buying?

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  Inside’s Stagwell’s AI media curation marketplace

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  WTF is the IAB's Redefining Media Types standard?

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  What happens to agencies when AI does the busywork?

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  The anatomy of a sports marketing deal with Ally CMO Andrea Brimmer

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  Creators vs. influencers: Inside the divide (RERUN)