Media Briefing: Overheard at the Digiday Publishing Summit Europe, October 2025 edition
This week’s Media Briefing looks at what publishers attending the Digiday Publishing Summit Europe had to say about the existential threat of site traffic losses and AI search tools encroaching on their businesses.
- Publishers have lost hope that traffic will ever bounce back
- Google Discover promotes fake news articles, Boston Globe launches paywall, and more.
Publishers have lost hope that traffic will ever bounce back
Call it complaining, call it doom and gloom. Whatever you call it, publishers spent the majority of the closed-door town hall session at the Digiday Publishing Summit Europe in Lisbon, Portugal on Monday (Oct. 27) griping about the impact of Google search volatility and AI summarization tools on their site traffic and businesses.
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